On 21 Mar 2005 at 18:46 PST, Russ Paielli wrote:
> My first comment is that this proposal is significantly more complicated
> than my (or Kevin's) "Ranked Approval Voting" (RAV) proposal, which
> simply drops the least approved candidate until a CW is found.
Russ, could you please clarify this?
I was under the impression that RAV was the following:
Do While # of candidates > 1
# Iterate to find the Smith set:
While there is a candidate with no wins,
eliminate the candidate
End While
# eliminate least approved candidates until a CW is found
If number candidates is > 1, delete least-approved candidate
End Do
In other words, you reduce to the Smith Set, then eliminate the
least-approved candidate.
If you simply eliminate the least approved candidate without first
iterating to the Smith Set, you might delete a Condorcet Winner.
Could you or Kevin fill in the appropriate Electowiki page with your
sense of what RAV is supposed to be?
http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ranked_Approval_Voting&action=edit
Ted
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