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Why don’t I hear more about maximal lotteries on this list?

CL
Closed Limelike Curves
Tue, May 21, 2024 3:27 PM

It seems to me like if you’re all-in on the idea that voting systems have
to satisfy Condorcet’s principle, maximal lotteries are just the natural,
correct way to extend it to cyclic elections. A maximal lottery will beat
every other candidate in a majority vote. So why doesn’t this list talk
about them more?

It seems to me like if you’re all-in on the idea that voting systems have to satisfy Condorcet’s principle, maximal lotteries are just the natural, correct way to extend it to cyclic elections. A maximal lottery will beat every other candidate in a majority vote. So why doesn’t this list talk about them more?