Suppose that in a Condorcet system, we allow people to submit a ballot that has an arbitrary preference relation, so any two alternative A and B can have either A<B, A=B, or A>B. There can therefore be cycles in the graph of preferences, like A<B<C<A.
One reason why we might want to set up the system this way is that we can protect voter privacy better by separating different preferences during the tallying process. The question is whether this creates new strategic voting opportunities. I have not been able to construct a scenario where it makes strategic voting more powerful. Is this worse than burying with ordinary ranked ballots? -- Andrew ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
