We need to use something with properties somewhat like approval voting if we're going to implement quorum and supermajority.
However, approval doesn't allow us to rank options we favor, while condorcet does. Thus, it makes some sense to use a system which combines approval and condorcet. If we are consistent about this, options with 1:1 majority will also be dropped from consideration if they do not beat the default option. We would use CpSSD to pick among any options which meet quorum requirements and beat the default option. This isn't really approval voting, and it isn't really a condorcet method, but I think it offers the best of both for us. I have a vague memory of someone objecting to this, but I think the objection was the "stability argument", and after spending quite a bit of time on this issue, I think the stability argument is a huge waste of time. Does anyone have any other reasons/criteria for opposing this kind of system? [Meanwhile, I'm going to be coding up more test sampling conformance to various criteria -- so far I've only implemented a test monotonicity.] Thanks, -- Raul
