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Markus:<BR>
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You wrote:<BR>
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The Schulze method is currently used by more than<BR>50 organizations with more than 70,000 members in<BR>total.<BR><BR>[endquote]<BR>
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Organizations aren't the general public. Certainly the fancier Condorcet<BR>
methods have been adopted by some organizations (and rejected by others<BR>
due to complexity). That doesn't mean that the person on the streetcorner<BR>
accepts them. <BR>
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The requirements for a public proposal are entirely different than for<BR>
some organizations.<BR>
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Also, it depends on whether a particular country's "public" is already familiar with<BR>
electoral systems more complicated than Plurality.<BR>
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You continued:<BR>
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Of all Condorcet methods, that are currently discussed,<BR>the Schulze method is that method that has the best<BR>chances of getting adopted.<BR><BR>
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Methods that meet Condorcet's Criterion fail FBC.<BR>
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I've told why FBC is necessary for the U.S.<BR>
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Aside from that, for the above-stated reasons, Beatpath has far less chance of adoption in the U.S<BR>
than MTA or Approval. <BR>
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...Or even ABucklin. Bucklin was adopted, and used to be used, by some U.S. cities or counties.<BR>
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Mike Ossipoff<BR>
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