[EM] Hey Warren [IRV ballot type count]

[robert bristow-johnson]

On Feb 2, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Warren Smith wrote:

> see
> puzzle 91:
>
> http://rangevoting.org/PuzzlePage.html#p91

Warren, your puzzle 91 doesn't do diddley to explain it (it just re- 
asks the question).  from all that your puzzle says, i could  
*completely* *reasonably* come to the conclusion that

    C-1
    SUM{ C!/n! }
    n=1

is the correct answer and that C! is not correct.  Warren, i have  
also served on the faculty of a university, and a non-answer like  
that does not qualify as an answer.

but Kristofer's answer is what i was looking for.  i hadn't expected  
(because there isn't an IRV in the states that requires it) that all  
candidates MUST be ranked as an assumption, that explains the C!.

so i got my answer, thanks Kristofer.

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