> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:11:01 -0500 > From: Dave Ketchum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [EM] Electronic Voting Bill of Rights?
> CONDORCET: Choices here also: > Count as in Plurality? Tempting, since a majority winner would > end the task. That's it! You've reminded me of a way to do a Condorcet hand count. An explanation follows, the logistics of which could be improved. For brevity, I have not taken into account tied votes nor do I know how to atm. I want to get to bed as soon as possible. Suppose there are 10 candidates. Create 10 large teams. Each team represents a candidate who was given the top rank. Each of the teams obtain the relevant ballots. From this, you are now able to fill in a large proportion of the pairwise matrix as you know that a top ranked candidate is a beats all candidate. Each large team has 9 sub-teams, the 9 being for each 2nd ranked candidate. Each sub-team receives the ballots from its parent large team. Again, from this, you are now able to fill in a large proportion of the pairwise matrix, a part of which has already been filled in by the parent. The 9 sub-teams each have 8 sub-teams etc, etc... Therefore, you are able to complete a Condorcet hand count in N - 1 iterations, where N is the number of candidates. Thanks, Gervase. ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info