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Re: current A.6 draft [examples]



On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 09:23:27AM +0100, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> I'm going to walk through these examples and apply my preferred algorithm
> of "if an option wins but doesn't satisfy the supermajority requirement
> against the default option, drop it from the ballot and repeat".

> > Z is the default option
> > 40 A
> > 25 B
> > 35 ZBA
> > B defeats A 60:40
> > A defeats Z 40:35
> > Z defeats B 35:25
> > eliminate 40:35
> eliminate 35:25 (why would you eliminate 40:35 ?)
> > Z wins
> B wins

B was eliminated, so doesn't win, since Z was the default option, surely?
(Raul doesn't eliminate defaults by the default option, 40:35 is the next
weakest defeat)

> > D is the default option
> > 25 DAB
> > 30 BDA
> > 35 ABD
> > B defeats D 65:25
> > A defeats B 60:30
> > D defeats A 55:35
> > eliminate 60:30
> eliminate 55:35 (why would you eliminate 60:30 ?)
> > B wins
> A wins

Likewise: you already eliminated A because it didn't satisfy its
supermajority requirement against the default option.

Cheers,
aj

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