[EM] Condorcet How?

[Dave Ketchum]

On Apr 8, 2010, at 5:57 AM, Raph Frank wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Dave Ketchum <davek at clarityconnect.com 
> > wrote:
>> Write-ins permitted (if few write-ins expected,
>> counters may lump all such as if a single candidate - if assumption  
>> correct
>> the count verifies it; if incorrect, must recount).
>
> How do you handle write-ins.  Are write-ins assumed to be equal last
> on all ballots which don't mention them?

All the candidates not mentioned on a ballot need to have the same  
lack of ranking attended to.

It is only by getting ranked by enough that a write-in earns  
individual attention.