Peter J. Holzer
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Since we expect very few votes there is a high probability that several candidates will be not be ranked first by anybody. Which one is eliminated is essentially random, so it could happen that a candidate which is ranked second by everybody (and therefore would probably be the winner) is eliminated in the first round and never considered again. To prevent this, we sort by all ranks in order. So among those with the same number of first ranks the one with the most second ranks wins, if those are also the same we use the third rank etc. This should ensure that each round really eliminates the worst candidate (ties are still possible, but only if the votes at all ranks are the same - in which case no objective distinction is left and random choice is acceptable). |
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