Re: FPTP ...) In STV 2nd preference won't harm 1st choice

[Craig Carey]

At 08:36 15.12.99 , Bart Ingles wrote:
>Markus Schulze wrote:
...
>> Example:
>> 
>>   7 voters vote A > B > C.
>>   6 voters vote B > A > C.
>>   8 voters vote C > B > A.
>> 
...

>The claim under AV/IRV that your second choice will never harm your
>first choice is also false -- the six BAC voters can attempt to coerce
>some of the ABC voters into supporting B, either by truncating or by
>order reversal (announcing their plans publicly before the election.










If that is the STV method, then the second choice can't harm the
 candidate of the first preference. The word "false", could be changed
 to the word "true".