Why Break Condorcet Cycles when We Can Make them Disappear?

• In Event: New Methods for the Study of Electoral Systems and Representation

Brief Overview

Using preferential ballots, some elections produce cycles. However, using rated ballots, we propose to maintain most of Arrow's basic democratic criteria, making Condorcet's cycles disappear to obtain a coherent sorted list, with grades if needed.

Authors

• Stéphane F. Rouillon, Astana IT University

• Antoine BERNARD, Polytechnique Montréal