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'''Supporting definitions:'''

1. The A voters are the voters who prefer candidate A to everyone else. The B voters are the voters who prefer candidate B to everyone else.

1. The A voters are the voters who prefer candidate A to everyone else. The B voters are the voters who prefer candidate B to everyone else. The C voters are the voters who prefer C to everyone else.

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2. A particular voter votes sincerely if s/he doesn't falsify a

2. The "other candidates" are the candidates other than A and B.

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3. A particular voter votes sincerely if s/he doesn't falsify a

preference, or fail to vote a felt preference that the balloting

system in use would have allowed hir to vote in addition to the

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'''Premise:'''

1. There are 3 candidates: A, B, and C.

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1. The A voters and the B voters, combined, add up to more than half

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2. The A voters and the B voters, combined, add up to more than half

of the voters in the election.

2. The A voters and the B voters all prefer both A and B to ~~the other~~

3. The A voters and the B voters all prefer both A and B to C.

candidates.

3. The A voters are more numerous than are the B voters.

4. The A voters are more numerous than are the B voters.

4. Voting is sincere, except that the B voters refuse to vote A over anyone.

5. Voting is sincere, except that the B voters refuse to vote A over anyone.

5. Candidate A would be the unique winner under sincere voting (...in

6. Candidate A would be the unique winner under sincere voting (...in

other words, if the B voters voted sincerely, as do all the other

voters).

7. The C voters are indifferent between A and B, and vote neither over the other.

'''Requirement:'''

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'''Some methods that pass the Chicken Dilemma Criterion:'''

ICT, [[Symmetrical ICT]], [[MMPO]], MDDTR

ICT, [[Symmetrical ICT]], [[MMPO]], MDDTR, [[IRV]], [[Benham's method]], [[Woodall's method]]