[EM] issues IRV Condorcet Approval

[Eric Gorr]

At 5:33 PM +0200 8/13/03, Markus Schulze wrote:
>Dear Eric,
>
>you wrote (13 Aug 2003):
>>  Let's say, we have something like:
>>
>>  03 AB
>>  01 C
>>
>>  Now, either A or B is going to win.
>>
>>  However, there is one last ballot to count. The person casting this
>>  ballot would greatly prefer that A wins, but sets the cutoff to
>>  include B.
>>
>>  A & B still tie.
>>
>>  Tie is resolved in B's favor.
>>
>>  That voter ended up with a worse result from their point of view
>>  by participating and setting the cutoff in the wrong place.
>
>This voter didn't end up with a worse result from his point of
>view by participating. Even if he hadn't participated there
>would have been a tie between A and B. This voter's ballot
>simply had no influence on the result.
>
>This voter regrets that he hasn't voted in a different manner.
>But he doesn't regret that he has participated.

This voter still regrets having participated because the vote was 
meaningless since they set the cutoff in the wrong spot ending up 
with a worse result then what they wanted to happen which would have 
been to give a clear win to A.