Re: [EM] margins axiom

2004-06-18 Thread Steve Eppley
Hi, There is a possible compromise between margins and majorities (but I prefer straight majorities, not this compromise): If the voter leaves two candidates unranked, don't count that as a half vote for each, count it as zero for each. But if the voter explicitly ranks two ca

[EM] margins axiom

2004-06-18 Thread James Green-Armytage
Sorry, I just said that Blake's argument treated the fairness of margins as an axiom in itself, but now I realize that he does provide a specific justification for it. I quote from http://lists.topica.com/lists/RankedPairs/read/message.html?mid=1600781094&sort=d&start=15 Blake wrote: >The argumen