On Thu, 14 Sep 2017, Kerim Aydin wrote:
> I have no idea how to handle PRESENT in runoff voting. Is it a replacement
> for the whole list, or is it an option on the list? If it's the first option
> on a ranked voting, is PRESENT "eliminated" if it doesn't win, so my vote
> doesn't
> end up counting towards quorum? And what happens if PRESENT is the majority?
> is everyone else eliminated? I'm not sure if the "standard definition of
> instant
> runoff" covers this. So let's test that in some slightly-less essential
> offices.
> Fun!!
This question is also a concern for endorsements.
Take the following results votes for voters P...Z for candidates A..G, then my
vote:
P: {A, B, C}
Q: {A, B, C}
R: {A, B, C}
S: {D, E, F}
T: {D, E, F}
U: {D, E, F}
Z: {G, A}
Me: {endorse Z, D}
>From first-choices, we have A=3, D=3, G=2 (1 certain G, 1 endorsement).
G is eliminated.
So if we eliminate my first conditional choice, "endorse Z", then the second
vote on my list is for D, D wins.
But if we keep my "endorse Z" vote, and G is eliminated, then I'm endorsing Z's
second choice, and A wins.
Which is right, if either?
The only way I can really make sense of this is if PRESENT and Endorse are
whole votes (i.e. substitute for the whole list, not part of a list). But
I'm not sure if the rules say that, or are broken?
