Mr. Schulze wrote in part- Due to Condorcet, when one "eliminates" a proposition of an opinion then one still has an opinion. Therefore, it is clear that "eliminating" can only mean "inverting". --- D- As usual, I must note that changing ballots is a major election felony in most countries. Would Condorcet have been convicted of committing an election law felony ??? Since Condorcet *relative* votes may produce a circular tie, then some other tiebreaker should be used instead of *inverting* ANY votes. The standard example- 34 ABC 33 BCA 32 CAB 99 66 A B 33 67 B C 32 65 C A 34 A whole lot of votes would need to be *inverted* --- circa one-third.