[EM] Does MAM use the Copeland method?

[Paul Kislanko]

Yes, but this is just Borda, which nobody likes. 

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> At 2:52 PM -0500 10/6/04, Adam Tarr wrote:
> >Nope.  The idea is simply to take someone's grades and 
> translate them 
> >into a ranked ordering.  So if I give Joe an A, Bob and 
> Sally B's, and 
> >Frank a D, my ballot becomes:
> 
> I am beginning to like this idea myself. One could extend the 
> grades allowed a bit, without leaving what would be well 
> understood by the voters with including the +, - grades as well.
> 
> This gives 14 possible bins (A+ A A-, ... , D+ D D-, F, E) in 
> which to place candidates, which should be more then enough.
> 
> Using this method solves the most troublesome user interface issues.
> 
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