On Jan 25, 2009, at 4:18 PM, Bob Richard wrote:
Jonathan Lundell wrote:
> ... if a voter can pick a favorite (as required for plurality),
> then a voter can build an ordered list.
Only if abstention is an option beginning at any iteration. In other
words, the voter has to have the option of saying, I will stay home
rather than vote for any of the remaining candidates. Otherwise, the
ability to order all of the candidates does not follow from the
ability to pick one from a list longer than the list in the current
iteration.
True.
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