On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, [iso-8859-1] Alex Small wrote: > > Why not go one step further and give voters more flexibility? Simply ask > them to give each candidate a rank, and also a yes/no. The ballot wouldn't > be all that much more complicated. Then they could participate in every > pairwise contest if they so wish and also specify their approval cut-off if > no Condorcet winner exists. This is what Demorep has been advocating for ages. Others of us have suggested marking the cutoff with the NOTB candidate. I think it is the simplest way to complete Condorcet in a way that most strongly discourages insincere ranking. Forest