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A voting method is said to be independent of equivalent candidates if the addition or removal of a equivalent candidate from a particular set of equivalent candidates in the tally, would only change the winner to another member of the set, if the original winner was a member of that set. |
A voting method is said to be independent of equivalent candidates if the addition or removal of a equivalent candidate from a particular set of equivalent candidates in the tally, would only change the winner to another member of the set, if the original winner was a member of that set. |
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Methods that satisfy this criterion are [[approval voting], [[range voting]], [[Bucklin voting]], [[Schulze method]], and [[Instant-runoff voting]]. |
Methods that satisfy this criterion are [[approval voting]], [[range voting]], [[Bucklin voting]], [[Schulze method]], and [[Instant-runoff voting]]. |
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Independence of equivalent candidates is a weakened form of the [[independence of irrelevant alternatives]] criterion. |
Independence of equivalent candidates is a weakened form of the [[independence of irrelevant alternatives]] criterion. |