Ben: "You eliminate form consideration all but the top 3 people who were ranked, regardless of what rank they got."
dlw: This was unclear about how the top 3 were chosen. dlw On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Benjamin Grant <b...@4efix.com> wrote: > Isn’t that what I said? If not, where did I get it wrong?**** > > ** ** > > -Benn Grant**** > > eFix Computer Consulting**** > > b...@4efix.com**** > > 603.283.6601**** > > ** ** > > *From:* election-methods-boun...@lists.electorama.com [mailto: > election-methods-boun...@lists.electorama.com] *On Behalf Of *David L > Wetzell > *Sent:* Monday, June 24, 2013 12:20 PM > *To:* Benjamin Grant > *Cc:* EM > *Subject:* Re: [EM] Fwd: Is it professional?**** > > ** ** > > I limit the collection of ranking info to up to 3 rankings per voter, > which is useful for practical purposes, and then treat the up to 3 rankings > per voter as approval votes to determine which three of the umpteen > candidates proceed. I then process those three with the standard IRV to > find the winner. **** > > ** ** > > dlw**** > > > **** > > dlw**** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Benjamin Grant <panjakr...@gmail.com> > wrote:**** > > So if I understand you:**** > > ** ** > > You have a single election. You permit people to rank up to 3 candidates, > no more. You eliminate form consideration all but the top 3 people who > were ranked, regardless of what rank they got. Then, with only those three > left, you proceed to process them with standard IRV to find the winner.*** > * > > ** ** > > Is that a correct summation of you system, do I understand it right?**** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:19 AM, David L Wetzell <wetze...@gmail.com> > wrote:**** > > To: Benjamin Grant <b...@4efix.com>**** > > ** ** > > Most IRV in real world limits the rankings to 3 candidates per voter. > In my approach, I treat the rankings as approval votes in the first round > **** > > and tally up the number of times each candidate gets "ranked" to determine > 3 finalists.There are 10 ways to rank 3 finalists so I sort the votes into > these 10 categories, tally them up and use the info to have an instant > runoff vote among the 3 finalists.**** > > > Ben, this is the approach that I said gave the same result for all of the > cases you brought up in your initial email to the list, which illustrated > why you thought IRV was flawed.**** > > dlw**** > > > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ---- > Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** >
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