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Fwd: [CES #15026] Re: More on MAS (version 3.0)

AJ
Andy Jennings
Fri, Oct 14, 2016 10:08 PM

On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Jameson Quinn jameson.quinn@gmail.com
wrote:

Here’s how MAS works: you can give each candidate 0, 1, or 2 points. *
Then,
any candidate that gets a majority of 0’s is eliminated**,
unless that would eliminate everyone.** Of the remaining candidates,
highest score wins. *

Blank votes for a candidate count as 1 point in the same percentage as
that candidate gets of 2-point votes. Otherwise, they count as 0.

Equivalently, for each candidate, calculate the fraction of voters who gave
that candidate a 2.  It will be some number between 0 and 1.  Blank votes
for that candidate count as this real number.

Eric Sanders would be proud.  (https://groups.google.com/d/m
sg/electionscience/SpLDc1Z0hzE/3NNFOT0oMvwJ)

On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Jameson Quinn <jameson.quinn@gmail.com> wrote: > *Here’s how MAS works: you can give each candidate 0, 1, or 2 points. * > *Then,** any candidate that gets a majority of 0’s is eliminated**, > unless that would eliminate everyone.** Of the remaining candidates, > highest score wins. * > > *Blank votes for a candidate count as 1 point in the same percentage as > that candidate gets of 2-point votes. Otherwise, they count as 0.* > Equivalently, for each candidate, calculate the fraction of voters who gave that candidate a 2. It will be some number between 0 and 1. Blank votes for that candidate count as this real number. Eric Sanders would be proud. (https://groups.google.com/d/m sg/electionscience/SpLDc1Z0hzE/3NNFOT0oMvwJ)