[EM] "we only get one shot" (Re: RCV Challenge)

[Kristofer Munsterhjelm]

On 02.01.2022 18:32, Richard Lung wrote:
> 
> Yes, Robert, Condorcet methods are not my specialty.
> 
> But 'What is "an exclusion count"?  Or "an election count?"' That is
> a good question, not at all pedantic.
> Roughly speaking, existing voting methods are election counts helped
> out by ad hoc exclusion rules. All traditional stv, including Meek,
> works this way, by getting rid of the candidate least in the way, when
> the transfers of surplus votes run out. -- "Premature exclusion."

If I understand correctly, then only methods that actually do candidate
elimination (and fail LIIA) make use of exclusion counts. Minmax (the
Condorcet method) doesn't. For that matter, plain old FPTP/Plurality
doesn't either: the winner is the candidate with the most first
preferences, and there are no eliminations as part of the process.

Did I get that right?

-km