On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Christopher Hickman wrote:
(I realize now that perhaps I wasn't too clear when I said I thought
any Condorcet method was better than IRV, but that you needed a way to
break out of Condorcet "ties" (cycles, really); Ranked Pairs is a
Condorcet sub-method which does that. Apoligies for any confusion I
caused.)
My understanding was that there is a possibility of a three-way tie,
where a given three entrants would each be ranked higher than one of the
other two and lower than the other, resulting in an M.C. Escheresque
circular paradox, thus requiring some kind of run-off vote. So I am
mistaken and the ranked pairs method can handle this?
Yes. I'd go into detail, but the Wikipedia article covers it nicely.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_Pairs
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Dale Sheldon
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