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<div>From: davek@clarityconnect.com<br>
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> Given: <br>
> 35 A>C <br>
> 33 B>C <br>
> 32 C <br>
> <br>
> I see: <br>
> <span class="correction" id="">IRV</span> will discard C, letting A win. <br>
> <span class="correction" id="">Condorcet</span> will see 65 C winning over 35 A <br>
> <br>
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The point is that the later no harm property means that there is no <br>
incentive to truncate your ballot.<br>
<br>
If <span class="correction" id="">A's</span> supporters changed to<br>
<br>
35 A<br>
33 B>c<br>
32 C<br>
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The result becomes<br>
<br>
A>B: 35 > 33<br>
A<C: 35 < 65<br>
B>C: 33 > 32 <br>
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Thus, A supporters have shifted the vote from a C win to a tie (which <br>
is an improvement, unless B wins the tie-break). Thus, it is in their<br>
interests to truncate, if their ranking is A>>>C>B.<br>
<br>
The end result may be that voters will start truncating/bullet <br>
voting, getting us back to plurality. <br>
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> I LIKE <span class="correction" id="">Condorcet</span>. What does this mean below? <br>
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I was saying that to preserve the later no harm property, you must do <br>
something like <span class="correction" id="">IRV</span>.<br>
<br>
This results in a loss of access to some of the ranking information, but<br>
at least it doesn't create an incentive to not rank candidates.<br>
<br>
The other option is to make it compulsory to rank all candidates.<br>
<br>
Actually, would randomly completing uncompleted ballots create an <br>
incentive to fully rank all the candidates even in <span class="correction" id="">condorcet</span> ?<br>
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> <br>
> <span class="correction" id="">DWK</span> <br>
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<div style="clear: both;"><span class="correction" id="">Raphfrk</span><br>
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Interesting site<br>
"what if anyone could modify the laws"<br>
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<span class="correction" id="">www</span>.<span class="correction" id="">wikocracy</span>.com</div>
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