For what follows voting is: 1 X (A or B or C) 3 D 3 T (troublemakers)
Without equal rankings T votes are scattered to A, B, C, and D wins
With equal rankings whole votes, T votes are A=B=C and the X vote defines the winner (who gets 4 votes).
With equal rankings fractional votes, T votes are A=B=C and D wins.
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 17:23:13 +0100 James Gilmour wrote:
James Green-Armytage wrote:
Once again, in the whole votes version, if I equally rank A B and C (in first place, for example), my vote will count as a whole vote for each of those candidates in the first round.
So if you do this but I do not, you get three votes while I get only one?
So the extra muscle encourages abuse.
In the fractional votes version, my vote will count as 1/3 of a vote for each of them at first, then when one is eliminated, 1/2 for the remaining two, and later as a single whole vote for whoever lasts the longest.
Now everyone has only one vote.
Looks fair and workable for local elections such as one precinct.
A mess to get together all the individual ballots when electing a governor, but even without this, IRV needs details as to order of ranking.
James Gilmour
So, aside from not liking IRV, I DO NOT like adding this complication to it.
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