[EM] MMPO and FBC. Votes-only criteria

[MIKE OSSIPOFF]

Jameson--



You wrote:


> What I meant was, if a criterion says system X must give result
 Y for  
> ballots Z and sincere preferences Q, then it also says 
that X must give  
> Y for Z and R.



You didn't say what R stands for.







> As long as there is some Q for which (Q,Z) meets the  
> 
criterion, then Z meets the criterion for any preferences. 



Absolutely not, if the criterion stipulates certain preferences.











> This is just  

> what a voting system is; if it gives Y for (Q,Z), it gives Y for 
(Q,R),  
> unless it can read minds.



You didn't say what R stands for.



Yes a voting system's result is a function of the voting system and the 
ballots.



No, that doesn't mean that a criterion can't speak of preferences.



No, that doesn't mean that the criterion can read minds.



Note that in my preference criteria, I speak of sincere voting, voting a
 less-liked 

candidate over one's favorite, etc. When I do that, the sincere 
preferences, and the

sincere voting or the not voting of anyone over one's favorite, specify 
particular properties

of the voter's ballot.