[EM] Clone proofing Copeland

[Juho]

How about "the smallest number of ballots on which some alternative  
that beats A pairwise is ranked higher than A"?

Juho



On Dec 31, 2006, at 3:52 , Simmons, Forest wrote:

> Here's a version that is both clone proof and monotonic:
>
> The winner is the alternative A with the smallest number of ballots  
> on which alternatives that beat A pairwise are ranked in first  
> place. [shared first place slots are counted fractionally]
>
> That's it.
>
> This method satisfies the Smith Criterion, Monotonicity, and Clone  
> Independence.
>
> I'll leave it up to Chris to tell us which of Woodall's criteria  
> are not respected by this method.
>
> I also like the stochastic version that chooses by random ballot  
> from the set of alternatives  S, such that for each  A in S,  at  
> most fifty percent of the first place slots are taken up by  
> alternatives that beat A pairwise.
>
> Forest
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