[EM] Voting Systems Study of the League of Women Voters of Oregon

[Michael Rouse]

Please don't judge all Oregonians by this group. They are probably from 
Portland. :)

Michael Rouse
(Proud Southern Oregonian)

Markus Schulze wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> in September 2008, the League of Women Voters of Oregon
> published its Voting Systems Study:
>
> http://www.lwvor.org/documents/ElectionMethods2008.pdf
>
> This is what they write on Condorcet methods (page 16):
>
>   
>> A Condorcet ballot lists every pair of candidates with
>> voters being asked to designate their preference in
>> each pairing. The confusing ballot and difficulty of
>> tallying votes made this system impractical. Now,
>> however, voters can rank candidates with computers
>> used to determine the winner. Some online communities
>> use Condorcet voting, but for government elections
>> new voting equipment would be required. There are
>> also infrequent cases where the Condorcet system
>> produces a circular outcome. "Candidate A may beat B,
>> B may beat C, and C may beat A."
>>     
>
> Interestingly, in the table on page 12, they claim
> that Condorcet methods are not majority methods.
>
> Markus Schulze
>
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