[EM] Condorcet in 12 words or less

[Eric Gorr]

ooo...I like it.

Got rid of the extra word in Approval Voting as well...

   Vote for one or more candidates. Candidate with the most votes wins.


At 12:06 PM -0700 8/18/04, mrouse1 at mrouse.com wrote:
>One should simplify as much as possible but no further. Still, here goes:
>
>Rank candidates and elect pairwise winner.
>
>Six words. :)
>
>Mike Rouse
>mrouse at mrouse.com
>
>Eric Gorr wrote:
>
>>Anyone want to take a stab an giving an explanation of Condorcet 
>>Voting in 12 words or less...?
>>
>>Had a conversation recently with an IRV supporter who is supporting 
>>IRV over Condorcet and Approval Voting because IRV can be explained 
>>in 12 words or less (but has yet to provide that explanation) and 
>>he apparently believes that Approval Voting and Condorcet Voting 
>>cannot be. (yes, I'm serious)
>>
>>I took a stab at Approval Voting:
>>
>>   Vote for one or more candidates. Elect the candidate with the most votes.
>>
>>but got 13 words...apparently not good enough.
>>
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