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<big><big>To all, <br>
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Statistical tests are judged for their accuracy by how far they
follow the scales of measurment (Sidney Siegal: Non-parametric
statistics for the behavioral sciences). The four scales can
also be applied to elections. (Later I found out that elections
are statistical tests, that is in the sense that my innovation
of Binomial STV is such). There is only one election system that
follows all four scales, and that is transferable voting. Ranked
choice or preference voting are indeed essential to an accurate
election system: that covers the second scale: the ordinal
scale. Proportional counting is also essential: that covers the
fourth scale: the ratio scale.<br>
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Strategic voting remains only a residual problem with STV. But
it can occur in real life elections where a very popular
candidate can take away most of the first preferences of an
allied candidate, subjecting the ally to possible premature
exclusion. Binomial STV solves that problem by making the
exclusion count rational, as well as the election count.<br>
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from<br>
Richard Lung.<br>
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