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'''Schwartz Woodall''' is a ranked voting method, a variation of [[Woodall's method]].
== Definition ==
Do [[Instant-runoff voting|IRV]] until there remains un-eliminated only one member of the initial
[[Schwartz set]]. Elect hir.
There are two equivalent definitions of the Schwartz set:
X beats Y if more ballots rank X over Y than rank Y over X.
=== Beatpath definition ===
There is a beatpath from X to Y if either X beats Y, or X beats
something that has a beatpath to Y.
X has a beatpath to Y if there is a beatpath from X to Y.
X is in the Schwartz set if there is no Y such that there is a
beatpath from Y to X, but not from X to Y.
=== Unbeaten set definition ===
# An unbeaten set is a set of candidates none of whom are beaten by anyone outside that set.
# An innermost unbeaten set is an unbeaten set that doesn't contain a smaller unbeaten set.
# The Schwartz set is the set of candidates who are in innermost unbeaten sets.
[[Category:Single-winner voting methods]]
[[Category:Preferential voting methods]]
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