[EM] alternative Smith?

[James Green-Armytage]

Chris Benham writes:
>I  think you are correct.
>But DMC  doesn't fail  Mono-add-Plump or  Mono-append

Are you sure that alternative Smith fails these? How could alternative
Smith fail if DMC passes? If people only approve their first choice in
DMC, the result should be identical to the result given by alternative
Smith. Thus, a failure example for alternative Smith should also be
applicable to DMC.

> and if you use a 
>definition of clones
>that doesn't allow members of the same clone-set to be on different 
>sides of the approval cutoff
>then DMC doesn't have a clone problem.

Don't you think that alternative Smith is cloneproof? My guess is that it
is.

my best,
James