<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Hi Kristofer,<BR class=yui-cursor style="RIGHT: auto"></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><BR>On 04/23/2012 10:32 PM, Michael Ossipoff wrote:<BR>> ICT:<BR>> <BR>> Kevin Venzke proposed ICA. Improved-Condorcet-Approval.<BR>> <BR>> ICA passes FBC. The part of ICA that ICT uses is the Improved Condorcet<BR>> part. But instead of completing IC with<BR>> Approval, it completes it by electing the IC winner ranked top on the<BR>> most ballots.<BR>> <BR>> ICT was introduced by Chris Benham. He gave it a longer name with longer<BR>> abbreviation-initials. I'm calling it ICT,<BR>> consistent with Keven Venzke's naming of ICA.<BR><BR>What's the advantage of ICT over ICA?</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">I'm pretty sure Mike judges ICT to be defection-resistant while ICA isn't.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Maybe predictably, I am a bit afraid of ICT<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR> because I don't think it's good for voters to be</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">able to thwart another candidate's CW status, by ranking candidate Z over him, without the</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">voter having to support Z in some sense during the cycle-breaker.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Kevin</DIV>
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