Mr. Gazeley,
Thank you for writing to the list. I remember your article with I.D.
Hill
about sequential STV. Are you aware of Nic Tideman's CPO-STV?
Anyway, back to your topic. Many of us are aware of Nanson's method, but
it is true that we do not discuss it very often.
My
Title: NANSON - Elections to one seat
I was disappointed to see no reference to Nanson on this site.
Nanson proved in effect that if a series of Borda counts is conducted on the same set of votes, eliminating each time the candidates whose scores are equal to or below the mean, the one can
