This is for those that didn't see this proposal buried in the details of a longer posting. There it was called method 1' . Here I'll call it UncAA for reasons that I will explain later:
>From each covered candidate draw an arrow to the most approved candidate that covers it. Then start with the most approved candidate and follow the arrows as far as they go. Elect the candidate at the end of the path. That's the proposal. Remember that "X covers Y" just means that X defeats every candidate that Y defeats. The name UncAA is supposed to remind us that we get an Uncovered candidate by starting at the Approval winner and following arrows that favor high Approval. The name UncRA would be a method based on the same arrows, but the starting point would be a Randomly chosen candidate. The name UncAR would be a method based on arrows favoring the order on a Randomly chosen ballot, but with the Approval winner as starting point. Another possibility: For each candidate C draw the arrow to the candidate the candidate that covers C against which C scores the least pairwise opposition. This leads to methods UncAPO and UncRPO, for example. Forest ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
