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<pre><br>Ted:<br><br>You wrote:<br><br>May I suggest that you also include a 3-slot ballot option? I.e.,<br>Preferred, Acceptable, Reject. You could call it a Fallback Approval<br>ballot if you like.<br><br>Many methods (e.g., most Condorcet methods, ER-Bucklin) that don't<br>meet the Participation criterion will do so when restricted to<br>3-slots. It would be interesting to compare behavior with that level<br>of compression.<br><br>[endquote]<br><br>I'd considered that too: A _genenral_ 3-slot election, alongside the<br>unlimited ranking election. <br><br>Distinct from the MCA, MTA, MTAOC and MCAOC voting options in the Approval<br>election, this would be a separate general 3-slot election.<br><br>So then there would be four elections:<br><br>Approval, Score, 3-Slot, and Unlimited Rankings.<br><br>I have no objection to that.<br><br>The putting-together of a poll such as this poll must of course include others'<br>suggestions, not just those of the poll-proposer. And so the separate <br>general 3-slot election, as one of the four listed above should be<br>considered part of the poll-specification. <br><br>Mike Ossipoff<br><br><br></pre> </div></body>
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