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Only in Cambridge?
Apropos AV, this priceless gem came up on cam.misc today:
> Can you use Roman numerals, or binary?
As long as the voter's intention is clear.
We once had a CUSU STV ballot paper in which the preferences had been expressed as simultaneous equations. One of the counters solemnly sat down to solve them and proved they had no unique solutions in real integers. The vote was therefore declared spoilt.
Original messageAs long as the voter's intention is clear.
We once had a CUSU STV ballot paper in which the preferences had been expressed as simultaneous equations. One of the counters solemnly sat down to solve them and proved they had no unique solutions in real integers. The vote was therefore declared spoilt.
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