[EM] Participation Criteria and Bucklin - perhaps they *can* work together after all?

[Jameson Quinn]

2013/6/17 Benjamin Grant <benn at 4efix.com>

> *From:* Jameson Quinn [mailto:jameson.quinn at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, June 17, 2013 1:25 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: Participation Criteria and Bucklin - perhaps they *can*
> work together after all?****
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> So to make a ranked example:****
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> 49: XpqYrstuabcdef****
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> 49: XutYsrpqfedcba****
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> 50: abcYXdefpqrstu****
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> 50: fedYXcbautsrpq****
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> OK, Y wins this one.****
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> Add 4 votes:****
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> 4: aXYbcdefpqrstu****
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> And now X wins this one.  ****
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> BUT I’m am still confused, Participation Criterion says: “*Adding one or
> more ballots that vote X over Y should never change the winner from X to Y
> *”  In this case the winner was NOT changed from X to Y, but from Y to X,
> so this is NOT an example of failing the Participation Criteria, is it?***
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> Am I missing something here?****
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Oops, typo on my part. The additional 4 votes should be aYXbcdefpqrstu.

Jameson

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