RE: [EM] Better-worded definition of ERBucklin(whole)

2005-09-24 Thread Paul Kislanko
That was my understanding of Bucklin. I'm not sure exactly what "empty slots" means in this context.   I don't thank of it as "rounds", by the way. I just say "assign for each alternative the best rank for which a majority (= the integer part of #voters/2 + 1) and order the alternatives by ra

Re: [EM] Better-worded definition of ERBucklin(whole)

2005-09-24 Thread Adam Tarr
On 9/23/05, MIKE OSSIPOFF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In a particular ranking, if a candidate has N candidate ranked over him/her,then s/he receives a vote from that ranking in the (N+1)th round.  I haven't been following this line of threads terribly closely, so I just want to be clear that I und

[EM] Better-worded definition of ERBucklin(whole)

2005-09-23 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
ERBucklin(whole): Voters rank as many candidates as they want to in order of preference. Equal ranking and truncation are permitted. There are a series of vote-giving rounds. In each round, every ranking gives one whole vote (each) to one or more candidates as described in the next paragra