[EM] Re: Chris: Approval vs IRV

[Dave Ketchum]

On un, 13 Jun 2004 05:51:13 +0200 (CEST) Kevin Venzke wrote in part:

> Chris,
> 
> First of all it seems you won someone over; congratulations:
> 
> Dave Ketchum wrote:
> 
>>If two voters rank 
>>A=B, the effect should be the same as if one ranked A>B and the other 
>>ranked B>A.
>>
> 
> Dave didn't say anything about no votes for truncated candidates, so I guess he now
> advocates Margins.
> 
I said "rank" - agreed that truncated candidates are liked less than 

those explicitly ranked, but they get there via truncation rather than 

ranking, and this does not demonstrate equal liking or dislike.

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