[Election-Methods] method design challenge + new method AMP

[Juho]

One approach to clones is to allow the voters to indicate them. One  
approach is to use the preference strengths. Instead of voting  
A1>A2>C>B the voter could vote A1>A2>>C>>B, which indicates that the  
voter in some sense considers A1 and A2 to be clones from his/her  
point of view.

(Btw, all the various clone criteria that require all voters to vote  
in a certain way (to group the clones together) are quite theoretical  
since of course it seldom happens that all voters vote that way.)

I might contribute one more method as a response to the challenge in  
line with these thoughts, but not today. (Just to show that rankings  
and clones may also live happily together :-).)

Juho





	
	
		
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