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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-07-19 09:02, Ian Jackson wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Filipus Klutiero writes ("Re: Voting system for elections"):
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<pre wrap="">On 2016-07-18 09:29, Ian Jackson wrote:
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.
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.
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Every other voting system anywhere on the planet treats a ballot
mentioning only X as preferring X to all other candidates.</pre>
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Well, a preferential system should not *allow* such a ballot in the
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Every other preferential voting system treats a ballot ranking X 1st,
and Y 2nd, as a preference for X or Y over all other candidates.
That is how voters expect these systems to work.
Our voting system treats a ballot mentioning only X as expressing no
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This particular concern seems to be a simple user interface issue.
Our system should not allow a ballot mentioning a single option.<br>
Evidently, the voting interface could use a lot of work.<br>
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I do not see a good reason to change the system in this concern.<br>
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Ian.
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Filipus Klutiero
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