Re: [EM] Write-ins break condorcet summability

2005-07-09 Thread bql
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005, Dave Ketchum wrote: I believe I have the answer for Condorcet, and that you should be able to build on this for ratings. I also think of voting at multiple precincts, doing an array at each precinct, and summing the arrays for total district. May have to scan each ballot

Re: [EM] Write-ins break condorcet summability

2005-07-09 Thread Dave Ketchum
I believe I have the answer for Condorcet, and that you should be able to build on this for ratings. I also think of voting at multiple precincts, doing an array at each precinct, and summing the arrays for total district. May have to scan each ballot for new names at start of its processing,

[EM] Write-ins break condorcet summability

2005-07-09 Thread bql
How do you compare a new entry all the ones that came before? Having a policy for incomplete ballots isn't good enough because it doesn't compare a new name to the other names on ballots before the first ballot to include a new write-in candidate. So, there must always be a first pass through a