[EM] Power truncation

[Chris Benham]

Mike,
You wrote:

> Power Truncation: If the voter chooses the power truncation option, 
> then any candidate whom s/he doesn't rank will be scored as if that 
> voter has ranked every one of the other voters over that candidate. In 
> other words, that voter is opting to increase the greatest 
> votes-against of every candidate whom s/he doesn't rank. [end of power 
> truncation definition] 

Did  you really mean to write  "ranked..other *voters*...over that 
candidate."?  Should  "voters" read  "candidates"?

Regarding this example, do you agree with the way Kevin Venzke has 
scored MMPO with Power Truncation?

49 A
24 B
27 C>B

> A wins (51 votes opposition from B or C), and B does the worst (76 
> votes opposition from C). I think this will force C voters to rank C=B. 

According to my interpretation, the only effect of  PT here is to raise 
C's score from  49 to 73, only changing the result from a BC tie to B 
winning decisively.

Would any voters ever have any incentive to  *not* use  "Power Truncation"?


Chris  Benham