On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 05:28:37PM -0500, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > However, if you add the rule that anyone losing pairwise to Z is > eliminated early, B would be eliminated early, and A would win. So > this is an example where the special rule involving the default > option encourages strategic voting. And I don't think you could > argue that this is a good thing.
Note that the Nov 18 draft doesn't eliminate anyone early. > To state my view directly, I strongly feel that in an election with > no supermajority or quorum requirement, the default option should be > treated as any other. > > Does anyone have a good argument against that? You've made a strong argument against early elimination. You've not made a strong argument against quorum requirements. Nor have you made a strong argument against supermajority requirements. FYI, -- Raul
