On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 09:23:27AM +0100, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > I'm going to walk through these examples and apply my preferred algorithm > of "if an option wins but doesn't satisfy the supermajority requirement > against the default option, drop it from the ballot and repeat".
> > Z is the default option > > 40 A > > 25 B > > 35 ZBA > > B defeats A 60:40 > > A defeats Z 40:35 > > Z defeats B 35:25 > > eliminate 40:35 > eliminate 35:25 (why would you eliminate 40:35 ?) > > Z wins > B wins B was eliminated, so doesn't win, since Z was the default option, surely? (Raul doesn't eliminate defaults by the default option, 40:35 is the next weakest defeat) > > D is the default option > > 25 DAB > > 30 BDA > > 35 ABD > > B defeats D 65:25 > > A defeats B 60:30 > > D defeats A 55:35 > > eliminate 60:30 > eliminate 55:35 (why would you eliminate 60:30 ?) > > B wins > A wins Likewise: you already eliminated A because it didn't satisfy its supermajority requirement against the default option. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``If you don't do it now, you'll be one year older when you do.''
