Talk:Equal Vote Criterion

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Addition request

Original source and citation of test of balance: "The voting franchise provides votes of equal weight to all the voters if and only if for each possible vote expression that one voter may cast in an election, there exists another expression of the vote that another voter can cast that is in balance – such that the outcome of an election is the same whether both or neither votes are counted."

This content should be added to the page with context regarding the BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE EQUAL VOTE COALITION IN SUPPORT OF REMAND TO THE DISTRICT COURT. Case No. 14-3882 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. MARK BALSAM; CHARLES DONAHUE; HANS HENKES; REBECCA FELDMAN; JAMIE MARTINEZ; WILLIAM CONGER; TIA WILLIAMS; INDEPENDENT VOTER PROJECT; COMMITTEE FOR A UNIFIED INDEPENDENT PARTY INC., doing business as INDEPENDENTVOTING.ORG, Plaintiffs-Appellants vs. SECRETARY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Defendant-Appellee unsigned comment by Sarawolk - unknown timestamp (UTC)

No spoiler effect?

The page currently states:

Voting methods which pass the Equal Vote Criterion do not exhibit vote-splitting or the spoiler effect, ensuring that every vote can cast an equally weighted vote.

This seems to be wrong, at least if by spoiler effect one means independence of irrelevant alternatives. Consider a voting method where a voter may either vote "for" a candidate or "against" one. This passes the EVC but fails IIA.

If a more narrow sense of spoiler effect is intended, it should probably be stated in the article. Kristomun (talk) 18:01, 2 October 2024 (UTC)