Dear Craig Carey, the concept of clones has been proposed by Tideman:
T. Nicolaus Tideman, "Independence of Clones as a Criterion for Voting Rules," SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE, vol. 4, pp. 185-206, 1987. Markus Schulze ---- For more information about this list (subscribe, unsubscribe, FAQ, etc), please see http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em
