[EM] IRRV as best popular name for Condorcet voting

Steve Eppley seppley at alumni.caltech.edu
Sun Sep 19 10:22:50 PDT 2004


Hi,

Ralph S wrote:
> I agree with Jan Kok's suggestion that IRRV 
> ("Instant Round Robin Voting") be used as
> a popular name for Condorcet voting. 
-snip-

Why not drop the 'V'?  Three-letter acronyms
are better than 4, I think, and the 'V' is 
redundant given the context.

I do have some concern about the potential for
confusion if we use an acronym like IRRV or IRR
that's so similar to IRV.  Will some people 
believe that advocates of IRR are really 
advocating IRV?  Will people believe the
methods have similar properties?

--Steve




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