Dave Ketchum > Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 3:15 AM > > On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:25:09 -0000 James Gilmour wrote: > > Yes, all the marked preferences will allow the voter's one vote to be > > used in as many pair-wise comparisons as the voter wishes to > > participate in. > > > Voter "wishes" do not matter. Voter explicit ranking does count: > No count for equal ranking, whether voter assigned equal ranking, or > ranked neither. > Count every pair with different ranks, whether one or both are ranked > by voter.
Maybe my use here of "wishes" caused some confusion. All I meant was the preferences the voter had and wished to express, i.e. that the voter may not mark preferences for all the candidates. Indeed, a voter should never mark preferences he or she does not have. Suppose there are six candidates (A - F) and the voter marks preferences for only three of them (A, B and C). That voter has given a clear vote in all the pair wise comparisons involving A, B or C. But that voter has given no vote that could be used in the pair wise comparisons involving only D, E and F. That voter has opted out if the choice has to be made between D and E, or between D and F, or between E and F. That what I meant by "one vote to be used in as many pair-wise comparisons as the voter wishes to participate in". James No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1865 - Release Date: 26/12/2008 13:01 ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info