[EM] Reply to an IRVist post on December 17th

[Michael Ossipoff]

Call it what you want, but Worst wins because you ranked Best 1st instead
of ranking Good 1st.

Contrary to FairVote’s promise, your ballot doesn’t help your 2nd choice
when your favorite is unable to win, because your 2nd choice is no longer
there.

FairVote’s promise is an intentional false-statement. We have a word for
intentional false statements. It’s called a lie.

When a lie is used to sell a product to a trusting buyer, we have a word
for that too. It’s called fraud.


On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 08:07 Greg Dennis <greg.dennis at voterchoicema.org>
wrote:

> But if we're being precise, Best could never be "eliminated" in your
> scenario. There would be only two candidates left, and so the tallying
> would necessarily end in that round with two candidates. Anyone who
> ranked Best>Good>Worst would have their ballot counted towards Best in the
> final round, after Good is eliminated. It would never be counted towards
> Worst.
>
> On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 8:50 PM Michael Ossipoff <email9648742 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Greg—
>>
>> In my example, I said that first Good gets eliminated, & then Best gets
>> eliminated.
>>
>> So all that remains is Worst.
>>
>> I made a typo in my post. I meant to say that the Good-supporters either
>> didn’t vote a 2nd choice, or else their 2nd-choice transfer was to  Worst.
>>
>> …but, when wrote that, I accidentally said “Best-supporters”, when I
>> meant “Good-supporters”.
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 17:18 Greg Dennis <greg.dennis at voterchoicema.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hold on a second, if Good gets eliminated, there are only two candidates
>>> (Best and Worst) remaining, and whichever of those two with the most votes
>>> wins. That sample ballot counts for "Best" in the final round -- it is
>>> never counted for "Worst."
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 4, 2024, 5:15 PM Michael Ossipoff <email9648742 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I said:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No, it [your ballot] doesn't[count for your 2nd choice] , unless your
>>>> 2nd choice is still there. Oops !!! You &
>>>>
>>>> Richie forgot to include the word "Maybe"
>>>>
>>>> …
>>>>
>>>> Michael Garman said:
>>>>
>>>> …
>>>>
>>>> Fine…it counts for your next highest choice still in the running. Which
>>>> is
>>>>
>>>> also a reasonable interpretation of the “next choice” language you cite.
>>>>
>>>> Satisfied?
>>>>
>>>> …
>>>>
>>>> Does that person have any idea what he’s saying?
>>>>
>>>> …
>>>>
>>>> Say the election is between Best, Good, &Worst.
>>>>
>>>> …
>>>>
>>>> You rank Best>Good>Worst.
>>>>
>>>> …
>>>>
>>>> Good gets eliminated first, & then Best gets eliminated, & either hir
>>>> ballots don’t have a 2nd choice, or hir transfers go to Worst.
>>>> According to our friend here, now Good is no longer your 2nd choice.
>>>> The elimination of Good makes Worst your 2nd choice, & so FairVote’s
>>>> promise is kept:  Your 2nd choice, Worst is elected !!
>>>>
>>>> …
>>>>
>>>> Oh, but wait, it gets even better:
>>>>
>>>> …
>>>>
>>>> Worst isn’t only your 2nd choice now:  By our IRVist friend’s
>>>> definition of “choice”, now Worst becomes your 1st choice (because
>>>> he’s the only remaining candidate).
>>>>
>>>> …
>>>>
>>>> Congratulations !! You’ve elected your 1st choice, Worst !!!~
>>>>
>>>> …
>>>>
>>>> Ladies & Gentlemen of the jury: I present to you exhibit B, further
>>>> confirmation of the universal astounding dishonesty of the promotion of RCV.
>>>>
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