Aha: On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 06:09:50PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> The one I found at https://members.spi-inc.org/vote/election.php?id=6 > says: > > Votes will be counted using the "Condorcet" election method system > which will be used to select the most preferred candidate. The bug is in the description, because it uses a question-begging definition. Condorcet does not select the "most preferred" candidate, unless you use a funny meaning of "most preferred". It more accurately is described as a method to select the most agreed upone candidate; that is, it tends to favour the choices that the electors are willing to rank higher, but it does not guarantee that the first choice of anyone wins. A -- Andrew Sullivan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] However important originality may be in some fields, restraint and adherence to procedure emerge as the more significant virtues in a great many others. --Alain de Botton _______________________________________________ Spi-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.spi-inc.org/listinfo/spi-general
