[EM] "Random Candidate" & "Random Dictatorship"

[Markus Schulze]

Dear Steve,

you wrote (16 Jan 2002):
> I'd call that a lottery, not an election.

Of course, there is rather a continuous than an abrupt change
from pure elections to pure lotteries. (For example: Lucien
Saumur promotes Smith//RandomCandidate.) Actually, every method
that meets Neutrality and Anonymity knows situations where the
winner has to be chosen by a lottery.

Markus Schulze