Jobst brought up the idea of electing "lotteries" and letting the
lotteries choose the candidates, instead of electing the candidates
directly.
He found that it had already been proved that there is always a Condorcet
Winner among lotteries provided that you compare lotteries in a certain
way.
This is a reply to Dave Ketchum's suggested revisions of the
commentary on instant runoff voting (IRV) that I posted on
January 3. I want to thank Dave for his suggestions and
apologize for not replying sooner. I also want to thank
Forest Simmons for the suggestions he posted January 4.
Instead of
