What if, in Symmetrical ICT, the top-count were replaced with Beatpath(lv)?
I'd call that Symmetrical-IC-Beatpath(lv), or SICBlv. I don't know what its properties would be. I don't know what the properties of any of the losing-votes methods would be. But I mention SICBlv because I don't know for sure that it wouldn't have a very good set of properties. As Chris suggested, lv seems to avoid the chicken dilemma. Improved Condorcet brings FBC compliance. The "Symmetrical" in Symmetrical IC brings compliance with 0-info Later-No-Help. Of course Beatpath meets Mutual Majority and Clone-Independence. So, would SICBlv meet every criterion that Symmetrical ICT meets, and also Mutual Majority and Clone-Independence? That's a lot to ask. I'm not saying that it's so. I'm just saying that I don't know that it isn't so. If it's s, then maybe SICBlv would meet: FBC CD Condorcet Criterion 0-info Later-No-Help Mutual-Majority Clone-Independence I'm not saying that's so. As I said, I don't know the properties of SICBlv, or any of the losing-votes methods. That's why it would be premature to advocate or recommend them. Anything that I say about SICBlv is pure speculation. Mike Ossipoff ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
