On Jan 21, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Kathy Dopp wrote:
James,
Your formulas below are only correct in the case that voters are
allowed to rank all the candidates who run for an election contest.
James didn't put forth any formulae. but he did put forth a table
which appears to be consistent with
N-1
P(N) = SUM{ N!/n! }
n=0
he, appears to miss the same point as Abd and you do.
That may be true in Australia, but is not true in the US where
typically voters are allowed to rank up to only three candidates.
where do you get your information, Kathy? that is *not* at all the
case in the IRV election in Burlington VT.
or is Burlington untypical?
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