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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Their specification
doesn't say what to do if two pairs have equal margins, although
other forms of tie are at least vaguely described. I assume "there
is a tie" means "the margin is zero", but the language is slightly
misleading. Maybe whenever two pairs had equal margins the AMS
resorted to a coin toss between all candidates. <br>
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CJC<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/03/2023 10:28, Kristofer
Munsterhjelm wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:8ffe5a0b-a072-786b-b47d-e0e921ca89bf@t-online.de">On
3/5/23 01:41, Hahn, Paul wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Good lord, why?! I clicked on all the
links but didn’t see any
<br>
justification for this regressive move, though some of the
linked
<br>
documents are pretty long and I didn’t search through them
<br>
exhaustively.
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I don't know; maybe we have to ask Max. He seems to be here:
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.facebook.com/max.holmes.56/">https://www.facebook.com/max.holmes.56/</a> and
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ca.linkedin.com/in/maximillian-holmes-2b9223132/">https://ca.linkedin.com/in/maximillian-holmes-2b9223132/</a>
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<br>
There might also be something buried in the minutes here, although
I really don't fancy trawling through all the documents:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ams.ubc.ca/about-us/student-council/agendas-presentations-minutes/">https://www.ams.ubc.ca/about-us/student-council/agendas-presentations-minutes/</a>
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<br>
But at least there's one good thing about this being brought to
our attention - since the AMS used Ranked Pairs earlier, its
earlier code of procedures document gives a good example of
legislative language for implementing the Ranked Pairs method:
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ams.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AMS-Code-Section-Nine-Dec-8-2020.pdf">https://www.ams.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AMS-Code-Section-Nine-Dec-8-2020.pdf</a>
<br>
<br>
which may be of interest to anyone who wants to propose Ranked
Pairs as a practical election method in his organization or city.
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<br>
The Ranked Pairs description starts at PDF page 24 (document page
98), after some general ranked ballot instructions on the page
before it.
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-km
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