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Kevin:<br><br>I've now realized that my FBC failure scenario works for Stepwise-to-Majority, but not for ABucklin. <br><br>So: False alarm. Sorry about that.<br><br>I myself hadn't fully studied the failure scenario, which is why I didn't, at first, realize that the failure scenario doesn't work<br>for ABucklin.<br><br>The argument that you stated, for why ABucklin won't fail FBC, sounds entirely convincing.<br><br>Thanks for posting that argument, and for assisting with my question.<br><br>Mike Ossipoff<br><br><div style="font-size:12pt;right:auto;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif"><br></div><br><div style="font-size:12pt;right:auto;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif"> </div>
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