Dear Forest, Russ, and Ted! I suggest that we call the method we discussed under various names in the last days ARC (Approval Runoff Condorcet) and continue to study its properties, especially its anti-strategy properties.
I agree with Russ that it is perhaps a very nice first public proposal, especially because it may be a nice compromise between IRV- and Condorcet-supporters: Both methods are Runoffs which delete the single candidate with the least points until there is among the rest a candidate with a special property! Yours, Jobst ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
