See below > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Dave Ketchum > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 7:38 PM > Do you have to go back and look at the ballots after deciding > on value of > R? Gets messy with many ballots such as for governor.
No. You can process ER-Buckln tallies using a square matrix of dimension = number alternatives = number possible ranks. Just record the total number of times alternative X is ranked 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. I use a method very similar to Bucklin to come up with the ordered list of the "consensus" of 94 computer rankings (voters) of 119 American College Football teams. See http://football.kislanko.com/2005/bucklincomps.html for a current example. Equal rankings and truncation are allowed, but in my "voter" population they occur infrequently. ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
