<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 8:19 PM Susan Simmons <<a href="mailto:suzerainsimmons@outlook.com">suzerainsimmons@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>So far I think your "group" description is conceptually simplest. Of course there are many possible synonyms for words like group, head, merge, etc.<br></div>
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<div>Keep trying ... I'm not saying improved terminolgy is the only possible avenue of improvement!</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">At first I avoided the "group" description because I struggled to convert it into legalese. But I think I came up with something workable:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">----</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">(3) If no candidate receives a majority of first preferences, the presiding officer shall re-tabulate the ballots according to the following rules:<br>(3a) The “loss margin” of candidate “A” against candidate “B” is the difference between the number of ballots that rank “B” above “A” and the number that rank “A” above “B”.<br>(3b) Each candidate begins as a Continuing candidate and the sole member of a group. Groups are merged in rounds. In each round, the Continuing candidate “A” with the greatest loss margin against any candidate “B” outside “A”’s group is moved to “B”’s group along with every member of “A”’s group. Candidate “A” is no longer Continuing. The rounds continue until only one group remains; its sole Continuing candidate is elected.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">----</div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">Cheers,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">Daniel</div></div></div>