[EM] The IRV-Disease has reached my town.

[Chris Benham]

Andrew,

An author of an article on different versions of Condorcet-IRV labeled 
it after me but I would prefer it
was named something (or after someone) else.

http://www.votingmatters.org.uk/ISSUE29/I29P1.PDF

https://www.accuratedemocracy.com/l_lor1.htm

>
>       Condorcet + IRV, the Best of Both ?
>
> Several people have invented voting rules that resolvevoting cycles 
> <https://www.accuratedemocracy.com/l_cycles.htm>by combining 
> Condorcet's rule with Hare's rule in various ways.� Each of these 
> hybrid rules enacts the Condorcet winner when there is one.� When a 
> cycle occurs, it uses the Hare process of eliminations and transfers 
> until one option tops each of the other remaining options.
>
> David Hill, formerly of England's Electoral Reform Society, proposed 
> in 1988 making the current Condorcet winner exempt from elimination at 
> each step in an IRV tally. His goal was to make one excellent rule for 
> both single- and multi- winner elections. (Ref.H 
> <https://www.accuratedemocracy.com/z_bib.htm#Hill>)
>
> Robert Loring, formerly of FairVote, proposed in 1990 changing the 
> criterion for winning Hare from a majority of ballots to the Condorcet 
> criterion.� This eliminates the option which holds the top rank on the 
> fewest ballots - until one option can top each of the others 
> 1-against-1.� To�focus on the tally process, we might call Hare's rule 
> "Majority-IRV" (M-IRV) and Loring's variation rule "Condorcet-IRV" 
> (C-IRV).
>
Thanks.

Chris Benham

On 5/03/2019 4:20 pm, Andrew Myers wrote:
> Chris Benham wrote:
>> If� you are a fan of the Condorcet criterion, then I think it is fine 
>> to modify IRV by before each elimination
>> we check for a Condorcet winner (among the so far remaining 
>> candidates) and when we find one we stop
>> and declare that candidate the winner.
> This is one of the algorithms supported by CIVS, the one called 
> "Condorcet-IRV" though to my understanding it was originally proposed 
> by Thomas Hill.
>
> -- Andrew
>
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