The Condorcet version that I propose is SSD, Schwartz Sequential Dropping. It's defined at:
http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/vote/sing.html The strategy option that I describe here, and all strategy enhancements, are not something that I suggest to include in an initial SSD proposal. But they could be useful later, if people becomse concerned about strategy. The Automatic Rank Line Option (ARLO) is a combination of ATLO (in reverse) and AERLO. It's better than either, and I hereby replace them with it. If a voter marks an ARLO line between 2 rank positions in his/her ranking, that means that s/he wants to do the following: All the above-line candidates are ranked in the order listed. All the below-line candidates are truncatred (power-truncated if power truncation is allowed--and it should be allowed). There are up to 3 counts. If, in the 1st count, a below-line candidate wins, and there is a cycle containing above and below line candidates, then that voter wants to promote all his/her above-line candidates to equal 1st place, for the purpose of the 2nd count. If, in the 2nd count the same thing happens (a below-line candidate wins and there is a cycle containing above and below line candidates), then that voter, for the purpose of the 3rd count, wants to leave his above-line candidatres all in equal 1st place, and rank his below-line candidates in the order listed The count computer carries out these ranking-changes and repeated counts. [end of ARLO definition] ARLO is surely useful for many other rank methods. It seems to me that AERLO &/or ATLO wasn't suitable for Kevin's method that complies with FBC, SFC & SDSC, because those options cause the loss of FBC. Power truncation: If a voter power truncates candidates belowe a particular rank position, then, the count scores each one of those candidates as if that voter had ranked all the other candidates over him/her. [end of power truncation defionition] Mike Ossipoff ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
