Eric Gorr asked a lot of questions > > So, you now believe there is such a thing as an IIA spoiler?
I never said I didn't. I just said I couldn't get that there was from your definition: "With IIA, the spoiler is a candidate that is either added or removed from the ballots. With ICC, the spoiler is among the ballots already." Now, what I have come to discover because of the complete inability to stay on topic is that the term "spoiler" is an undefined term that can be either a synonym for an "irrelevant alternative" or a synonym for "clone" but cannot be used as a synonym for both. So to make things clear, the term "spoiler" should be avoided altogether or modifed in use to be "IA-spoiler" or "Clone". ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info