Re: [EM] IRV inconsistency

[Martin Harper]

Forest Simmons wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 16 May 2001, Markus Schulze wrote:
>> However, also the pairwise matrix doesn't say how many BAC votes there are.
>> You seem to believe that the voters want to know how many BAC votes there
>> are only when IRV is used but not when a pairwise method is used.
>> 
>> Markus Schulze
> 
> The pairwise matrix would be sufficient for the critique of IRV as well.

Sufficient for the critique of IRV from the standpoint of the Condorcet 
Criterion. Insufficient for the critique of IRV from the standpoint of 
the Majority Criterion, which would require first place votes in addition.