[EM] Why the concept of "sincere" votes in Range is flawed.

[Jonathan Lundell]

On Jan 25, 2009, at 4:18 PM, Bob Richard wrote:

> Jonathan Lundell wrote:
>
> > ... if a voter can pick a favorite (as required for plurality),
> > then a voter can build an ordered list.
>
> Only if abstention is an option beginning at any iteration. In other  
> words, the voter has to have the option of saying, I will stay home  
> rather than vote for any of the remaining candidates. Otherwise, the  
> ability to order all of the candidates does not follow from the  
> ability to pick one from a list longer than the list in the current  
> iteration.

True.