On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 12:32:12AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > > The Condorcet criterion says that if there's a single option that
> > > pairwise beats every other option, it should win (assuming there's no
> > > supermajority requirement, and quorum is met).
> > That's a relatively weak criterion, all things considered.
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 11:35:45PM -0500, Buddha Buck wrote:
> "All things considered" just being:
>
> -- it doesn't deal with supermajorities
> -- it doesn't deal with quorum issues
> -- it doesn't state what should happen if there isn't a single option
> that pairwise beats every other option.
I was refering to this last one.
> > > It's what the current A.6(2) and A.6(3) are for. (The Condorcet criterion
> > > doesn't say anything about the ambiguous cases we've been talking about)
> >
> > I thought we'd agreed that they are to ensure that the Smith criterion
> > is met (which is more specific than the Condorcet criterion).
>
> If A.6(3) is supposed to reduce the options to the Smith set, it is
> very poorly written.
I guess this depends on whether you think that Dominates means "pairwise
beats" or "transitively beats". I think it means "transitively beats".
I do see that other people (you, anthony) disagree with me, and I
think that's sufficient reason to consider a constitutional amendment
to resolve this issue. [I'd like to achieve agreement on a few other
issues, however, before I propose anything formal.]
Thanks,
--
Raul
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