[EM] The Coming California Single Seat Election

[Forest Simmons]

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Adam Tarr wrote:

>
> Well, I don't think that's what Donald wants.  Moreover, it seems absurd to
> give an individual voter the ability to submit an ambiguous ballot.  Cyclic
> ties can make sense for an electorate, but they can't make sense for a sane
> individual.

Suppose that the (only, as far as you are concerned) issues, i1, i2, and
i3, are equally important to you, and that (in your opinion) candidate A
beats candidate B on two out of three, candidate B beats candidate C on
two out of three, and candidate C beats candidate A on two out of three:

i1: A>B>C
i2: B>C>A
i3: C>A>B

Why would you be insane to say that you prefer A to B to C to A?

Forest