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Line 1: '''Beat the Plurality Winner''' (or "'''BPW'''") is a [[Condorcet [[completion method]] invented and studied by [[Eivind Stensholt]] as an attempt to reduce burial incentive.<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Stensholt \| first=Eivind \| title=Condorcet Methods - When, Why and How? \| journal=SSRN Electronic Journal \| publisher=Elsevier BV \| year=2008 \| issn=1556-5068 \| doi=10.2139/ssrn.1145304}}</ref> It is mainly described for the case of three candidates. In the absence of a [[Condorcet winner]], one elects the candidate who defeats the [[first-past-the-post]] winner pairwise. == Notes ==