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A [[voting system]] is '''monotonic''' if it satisfies the ''monotonicity criterion'':
A [[voting system]] is '''monotonic''' if it satisfies the ''monotonicity criterion'':


:''If an alternative X loses, and the ballots are changed only by placing X in lower positions, without changing the relative position of other candidates, then X must still lose.''
{{Definition|If an alternative X loses, and the ballots are changed only by placing X in lower positions, without changing the relative position of other candidates, then X must still lose.}}


This criterion is also called '''Mono-raise'''.
This criterion is also called '''Mono-raise'''.