[EM] Irrelevant Ballots Independent Fallback Approval (IBIFA)

[fsimmons at pcc.edu]

Dave,

If you bullet vote, then the candidate that you vote for is the only one that you "ranked," so it is 
considered ranked above all of the other candidates.  Only the truncated candidates are considered 
unranked.  Chris worded it this way so that if somebody ranked all of the candidates without truncating 
anybody, then the lowest ranked candidate would never be approved.

----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Ketchum 

> >> *Voters rank the candidates, beginning with those they most
> >> prefer. Equal-ranking and truncation
> >> are allowed.
> >>
> >> Ranking above at least one other candidate is interpreted as 
> >> Approval.
> 
> So, if I bullet vote, my one ranked candidate is disapproved as 
> Bottom!!!
> 
> Leaves me still liking Condorcet, which is less into ranking 
> patterns 
> (only considers pairs of candidates from a ballot, comparing the 
> 
> rankings within each pair).
> 
> Dave Ketchum
> >