[EM] IRV vs Plurality (back to the pile count controversy)

[Jonathan Lundell]

On Jan 22, 2010, at 8:54 AM, Kathy Dopp wrote:

> As I said earlier, if paper ballots are required, the length of the
> paper ballot must be unlimited if the number of candidates who can run
> for office is unlimited and you want voters to be able to fully rank
> (not that most voters would want to.)

What point are you making here? If the number of candidates is unlimited, then so is the length of the ballot, but that's true for any method that lists the candidates, including fptp and Condorcet methods.