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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">Chris,</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">Here’s
an example that you asked me to look at from last month.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">You
wrote ….</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">43:
A</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">03:
A>B</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">44:
B>C<span> </span>(sincere is B or B>A)</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">10:
C</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new""> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">C>A<span> </span>54-46,<span>
</span>A>B<span> </span>46-44,<span> </span>B>C 47-10.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">Here
A is the sincere CW and supported by the largest of the three </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">factions
of voters, but Winning Votes rewards the buriers by electing B.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new""> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">Benham
and<span> </span>LV(erw)SME<span> </span>easily elect<span>
</span>A.<span> </span>Smith//Approval (equivalent </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">here
to Max Covered Approval) and Approval Sorted Margins elect C.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">[end quote]</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let’s look at this example from the point of view
MDDA(symmetric completion):</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With symmetric completion every candidate is 50% plus
defeated, so nobody is disqualified, and the approval winner is elected.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If the default is to approve only top, then A is elected.<span> </span>If the default is to approve all ranked
candidates, then C is elected.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Neither case rewards the buriers.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If the 44 buriers were more conservative in their burial by
not approving C …</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new""><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">43:
A</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">03:
A>B</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">44:
B>>C<span> </span>(sincere is B or B>A)</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"courier new"">10:
C</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">… then A would win without regard to the convention of the
default approval cutoff.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So far so good!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Forest</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">P.S.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Monkey Puzzle,</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">I'll write a definition and brief explanation of MDDA(symmetric completion) and its relation to MDDTR, ICA, and ICT tomorrow. It looks like I won't have enough time today.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">But briefly it is a cross between ICA and ICT, where the voters can decide where the approval cutoff is on their ballot. If they put it just under Top, then their ballot is counted as in ICT. If they put it just above Bottom, then their ballot is counted as in ICA.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">MDDTR(pt/2) and ICT are the same.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Gotta go!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Forest<br></p>
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