> >[2] Discard the election if the winner doesn't meet supermajority. > >Perhaps, if the ballot has nondefault options with differing supermajority > >ratios, immediately hold another election using only the options with > >a lesser supermajority ratio. I'm leaning towards this at the moment. > > This is underspecified. Define "winner doesn't meet supermajority.".
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:24:32AM -0500, Buddha Buck wrote: > Once that definition is made to my satisfaction, I like this option, or > one of these two variants: > > [2a] Discard the result if the CpSSD winner doesn't meet supermajority. > Default option (Further Discussion) wins by default. New election to > be held after appropriate discussion period. > > [2b] Discard the result if the CpSSD winner doesn't meet supermajority. > Hold an "instant runoff" using all the remaining options and the same > ballots. Repeat until a winner is found. > > I used to favor [2b], but I think I like [2a] best right now. I'm thinking a version of 2b could work quite well. What's your reason for disliking instant runoff? [Let's assume we only use it for cases where all options in schwartz set had a majority requirement greater than 1:1]. Thanks, -- Raul
