[EM] Re: proper Borda implementation

[Dgamble997 at aol.com]

In a message dated 24/09/2004 20:06:37 GMT Standard Time, 
election-methods-electorama.com-request at electorama.com writes:


> I'm not sure of the best way to implement Borda with ballots that don't 
> rank all the candidates.  Suppose that 4 candidates are running.  With a 
> ballot like:
>     A B C D
> A gets 4 points, B gets 3 points and so on.  But what about a ballot like
>     A B
> A and B should be treated as above, but what about C and D?  I see two 
> options:
> 
> (1) C and D each get nothing.
> 
> (2) C and D each get 1.5 points (average of leftover points).
> 
> Any thoughts as to which is better?
> 
> 

What do people who advocate Borda as a serious method (i.e. Donald Saari) say 
you should do in situations like this?

If there is a consensus of opinion amongst Borda supporters as to what you do 
regarding truncated ballots then a proper implementation of Borda will follow 
that consensus.

David Gamble
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