[EM] Score Voting and Approval Voting not practically substantially different from Plurality?

[Kevin Venzke]

Hi,

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> De : Benjamin Grant
>Cc : EM <election-methods at lists.electorama.com> 
>Envoyé le : Lundi 24 juin 2013 17h53
>Objet : Re: [EM] Score Voting and Approval Voting not practically substantially different from Plurality?
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>The only way to avoid this, I *think*, is with a system in which expressing a preference of A over B doesn't let C win - and such a system may well have worse flaws, possibly.

Right, you are here so close to IIA that you'd be stuck with random ballot or similar. FBC is sort of a "next best." It's very close in spirit, only you're guaranteed to be able to vote A top and equal to B, but not necessarily strictly higher. Otherwise, we might create conflicting entitlements.

Kevin