[EM] Re: orphaned voting method

[Rob LeGrand]

James Green-Armytage wrote:
> 1. Ranked Ballots. 
> 2. Count top choice vote totals.
> 3. Hold a pairwise comparison between the two candidates with the lowest
> top choice vote total. 
> 4. Eliminate the loser of this pairwise competition.
> 5. Continue until no more candidates can be eliminated. (One candidate
> remaining, or a set of tied candidates.)
. . .
> Does anyone know the name of this method or who invented it? I think that
> I read about it somewhere, but I can't remember where.

I proposed this method on the instantrunoff-freewheeling group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/instantrunoff-freewheeling/message/466 .  I
honestly don't recall now whether I came up with it myself or got the idea
from someone on EM.  I also proposed another IRVish Condorcet method at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/instantrunoff-freewheeling/message/343 .

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Rob LeGrand, psephologist
rob at approvalvoting.org
Citizens for Approval Voting
http://www.approvalvoting.org/

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