But the original condition was that there was NO condorcet winner, so there
must be more than nine candidates.
Yes, Scott was replying to my simplified variant of the question.
I was confusing a Condorcet tie with a tie for the number of pairwise victories. I blame this article for my confusion :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copeland%27s_method
... where it seems to imply that they are the same thing ("This method often leads to ties when there is no Condorcet winner" might have been clearer if it just said "This method often leads to ties").
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