I know this group is familiar with the concept of allowing voters, under condorcet, to vote ties, such as A and B are equal, but both preferred to C:
A=B>C
I know I've seen examples of this. The alternatives are to enforce strict ranking of the candidates the voter chooses to list, or to enforce strict ranking of all candidates on the ballot. I've seen some discussion of the relative pros and cons on the condorcet.org site ("inc.html"), but I'd like to know if there's consensus here on which of these alternatives would be better in actual practice.
As I stated before, if it's already been discussed, please just point me to the postings.
Thank you, Tom McIntyre
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