[EM] Strategy-free criterion

[Michael Ossipoff]

On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 08:00 robert bristow-johnson <
rbj at audioimagination.com> wrote:

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> > On 05/29/2024 5:15 PM EDT Closed Limelike Curves <
> closed.limelike.curves at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I'm trying to work out how the strategy-free criterion actually relates
> to strategy, because it just sounds like it means the majority-Condorcet
> criterion ("if a candidate majority-beats every other, they have to win if
> everyone is honest"). @Michael Ossipoff ?
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> "My system is only intended for honest men." - Jean-Charles, chevalier de
> Borda
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> We vote by secret ballot.  We have the right to vote for whomever we
> choose for whatever reasons we choose.  There is no way to stop people from
> voting in a manner that is nefarious.  Like for bigoted or for dishonest
> reasons.
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> The voting system must not be dependent on voters voting honestly.  We are
> partisans, not judges.  No voter can be prevented from voting insincerely,
> but we can try to disincentivize that.  We should not assume, or require in
> advance, that voters vote sincerely for the election method to work
> correctly.  We should expect them to vote in a manner that they rationally
> believe is in their best political interest.
>

That’s why CW,Plurality is naive. Offensive strategy will make it no better
than IRV. Really just expensive Plurality.

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