Absolute majority: Difference between revisions

For these purposes, a ballot counts either as valid or invalid. Therefore, in a system like [[IRV]] with multiple counting rounds, a ballot cannot be valid in one round and invalid in a later counting rounds. Thus IRV, although it does guarantee that the eventual winner has an absolute majority of the remaining ballots, does not guarantee that the winner has an absolute majority overall. The only way IRV can meet the [[guaranteed majority criterion]] is if any ballot which is not fully ranked is discarded as invalid.

[[Category:Voting theory]]