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A nail-biting election

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In the first competitive election for President of the Social Choice and Welfare Society, the (official) approval-voting winner differed from the (hypothetical) Borda count winner, who was also the Condorcet winner. But because the election was essentially a toss-up, it is impossible to say who should have won. The election for Council was more true to form of other professional-society elections, with the winners identical, and even their rankings almost duplicative, under both voting systems.

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Received: 11 April 2000/Accepted: 26 March 2001

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Brams, S., Fishburn, P. A nail-biting election. Soc Choice Welfare 18, 409–414 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003550100135

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