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# Each voter's ballot ranks the options being voted on. Not all options need be ranked. Ranked options are considered preferred to all unranked options. Voters may rank options equally. Unranked options are considered to be ranked equally with one another. [...]
# Each voter's ballot ranks the options being voted on. Not all options need be ranked. Ranked options are considered preferred to all unranked options. Voters may rank options equally. Unranked options are considered to be ranked equally with one another. [...]
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# Any (non-default) option which does not defeat the default option by its required majority ratio is dropped from consideration.
## Given two options A and B, V(A,B) is the number of voters who prefer option A over option B.
## An option A defeats the default option D by a majority ratio N, if V(A,D) is strictly greater than N * V(D,A).
## If a supermajority of S:1 is required for A, its majority ratio is S; otherwise, its majority ratio is 1.
# From the list of undropped options, we generate a list of pairwise defeats.
# From the list of undropped options, we generate a list of pairwise defeats.
## An option A defeats an option B, if V(A,B) is strictly greater than V(B,A).
## An option A defeats an option B, if V(A,B) is strictly greater than V(B,A).