Kathy, >> Top-two runoff is equivalent to IRV when >> there are three candidates. > > Your statement above is provably false and very simply so. IRV and > top-two runoff are nowhere even close to "equivalent". Read my > affidavit from a month ago or my paper on the flaws of IRV or any of > Abd'ul's emails, or just think about it for a while.
You have often cited Warren Smith as one of the experts who "peer reviewed" your prior arguments. I don't always agree with Warren, but I do on this point. To quote from one of his pages: "But the delayed and instant runoff systems happen to be mathematically equivalent if the voters are consistent between rounds and if there are ≤3 candidates." http://rangevoting.org/Peru06.html You disagree, claiming they are "nowhere even close to equivalent." Nowhere! Should you be letting someone peer-review your papers who you makes a statement you deem "provably false and very simply so?" I don't know how you can continue to contradict yourself in this way. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info