Re: Draft GR for supermajority fix

[Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>]

On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 06:52:40PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> 
> Yes.  That's what I meant.  How about this:
> 
>        3. Any (non-default) option which does not defeat the default
>           option by its required majority ratio is dropped from
>           consideration.
>            1. Given two options A and B, V(A,B) is the number of voters
>               who prefer option A over option B.
>     -      2. An option A defeats the default option D by a majority
>     -         ratio N, if V(A,D) is strictly greater than N * V(D,A).
>     -      3. If a supermajority of S:1 is required for A, its majority
>     -         ratio is S; otherwise, its majority ratio is 1.
>     +      2. An option A defeats the default option D by its
>     +         required majority ratio if both:
>     +          (a) V(A,D) is strictly greater than V(D,A); and
>     +          (b) if a majority of N:M is required for A,
>     +              M * V(A,D) is greater than or equal to N * V(D,A).

Looks good to me.


Kurt