On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 2:22 PM, omd <c.ome...@gmail.com> wrote: > (d) If the valid options are ordered lists of preferences, the > outcome is decided using instant-runoff voting. In case > multiple valid preferences tie for the lowest number of > votes at any stage, the vote collector CAN and must, in the > announcement of the decision's resolution, select one such > preference to eliminate; if, for N > 1, all eir possible > choices in the next N stages would result in the same set of > preferences being eliminated, e need not specify the order > of elimination.
Is that "for some N > 1" or "for all N > 1"? Also, in IRV, the tied preferences are all eliminated, rather than breaking the tie. The exception is if all remaining options are tied. Sean
