David Marsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I have my own ideas on supporting the method (some described
> in earlier postings) and am building a collection. The fact that
> Dodgson and Kemeney independently came up with the same or very
> similar methods lends some credence to Condorcet's claim of
> naturality, but none of them was able to convince their peers.
One might point out that the widely-accepted Robert's Rules of
Order uses, as its basic majority rule procedure, a method which
rigorously satisfies both the Condorcet criterion and the Smith
criterion. Which suggests that it shouldn't really be that hard
to convince folks of the merits of Smith//Condorcet.
---Steve (Steve Eppley [EMAIL PROTECTED])
