[EM] Condorcet How?

2010-04-07 Thread Dave Ketchum
This is some thought about keeping it simple, yet doable. I will lean toward Ranked Pairs with margins, but amending toward other types of Condorcet should be doable. Voting: Voter can rank one or more candidates. Equal ranking permitted. Counters care only which of any pair of

Re: [EM] Condorcet How?

2010-04-07 Thread Markus Schulze
Hallo, Dave Ketchum (7 April 2010): For RP I see deleting the smallest margins from the list until what remains is not a cycle, but does identify a winner. Deleting the smallest margins from the list until what remains is not a cycle rather sounds like the Schulze method. Markus Schulze

Re: [EM] Condorcet How?

2010-04-07 Thread Dave Ketchum
Thanks - there are so many Condorcet methods that I chose to describe what I see as a better one, while giving up on getting understood via naming. On Apr 7, 2010, at 6:50 PM, Markus Schulze wrote: Hallo, Dave Ketchum (7 April 2010): For RP I see deleting the smallest margins from the

Re: [EM] Condorcet How?

2010-04-07 Thread robert bristow-johnson
On Apr 7, 2010, at 6:25 PM, Dave Ketchum wrote: This is some thought about keeping it simple, yet doable. I will lean toward Ranked Pairs with margins, not sure what with margins does. i'll read below... but amending toward other types of Condorcet should be doable. Voting: Voter can