Dave Ketchum > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 6:07 AM > Terry and Abd look set to duel forever. > > Conduct of elections is a serious topic, but both of them > offer too many words without usefully covering the topic.
So let's try a small number of numbers. At a meeting we need to elect one office-bearer (single-office, single-winner). There are four candidates and we decide to use the exhaustive ballot (bottom elimination, one at a time) with the requirement that to win, a candidate must obtain a majority of the votes. First round votes: A 40; B 25; C 20; D 15. No candidate has a majority, so we eliminate D. Second round votes: A 47; B 25; C 20. It seems that some of those present who voted for D in the first round did not want to vote in the second round - but that is their privilege. QUESTION: did candidate A win at the second round with 'a majority of the votes'? James Gilmour No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.2/1871 - Release Date: 01/01/2009 17:01 ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
