[EM] Recursive Least Pairwise Opposition from Second Place Alternatives (RLPO2PA)

[Simmons, Forest]

Dear Jobst,
 
Here's a method that puts all of its eggs in the 2nd place complaints basket:
 
Elect the alternative X with the least pairwise opposition from the alternative X' that would win if the winning alternative X were withdrawn.
 
Does this method actually satisfy immunity from second place complaints?
 
Imagine how easy it would be to write the statutory rules for this method:
 
Article 1.  Use ballots that allow the voters to grade the alternatives with letters from A to Z.  The default grade is Z.
 
Article 2.  Elect the alternative X for which the alternative X' that would win by the same rules if X were withdrawn has the fewest ballots on which it  X' receives a grade nearer the front of the alphabet than X.
 
Article 3.  Settle any ties at any stage of the recursion by existing laws for breaking ties.
 
Forest
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