My current policy is to count PRESENT as a whole vote. Endorse can't be a whole vote bc people keep saying things like "vote CB, else endorse G". My current policy is to count that vote as a list of {CB, all of G's votes in order except for the vote for CB, which is first}
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 5:00 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > 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? > > > -- >From V.J. Rada