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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Ian,<br>
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On 2016-07-18 09:29, Ian Jackson wrote:<br>
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This is especially true given that our variant of Condorcet is still
interpreting a ballot "1. Z 2. X" as not preferring Z or X to Y,
which is IMO an extremely serious deficiency in itself.</pre>
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I fail to see how the system could infer any preference about Y from
a ranking which does not mention Y, and I certainly do not see how
this would constitute an extremely serious deficiency.<br>
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Condorcet is more targeted for democracies and it may not be ideal
here, but I am not convinced that STV (which I do not remember
precisely) would be better. STV would certainly better reflect the
diversity of our views, but that does not mean it will lead to
choices closer to the choices which votes from the whole electorate
would yield.<br>
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Filipus Klutiero
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