On Feb 14, 2010, at 6:56 PM, Paul Kislanko wrote: > Isn't A>*>B the same as > A>i1=i2=i3=...=iN>B ?
Yes, except that I don't have to list all the i(n). > > And are we talking about representations of ranked ballots (where A>*>B is > just shorthand) or are we suggesting that a voter could cast a ballot with a > '*' to indicate unranked intermediates? > > A>*>B>*>C is problematical, since all the unranked '*'s need to be assigned > into one or the other of the A>B, B>C categorgies. Shorthand. And only one *. Since * is essentially unknown, all unknowns are ranked together. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
