The village election
Issue 366 | Page 96 | Published Sep 2017
Description
A vote with two candidates is simple the majority is clear. When there are more candidates, the vote is still clear if one receives more votes than all the others put together. Problems can occur if no candidate has that overall majority. Here are illustrated several voting methods that attempt to achieve fairness in a single election without the need to eliminate the candidate with the least support and hold another ballot. No method seems to be perfect.
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