Participation criterion

Statement of Criterion

Adding one or more ballots that vote X over Y should never change the winner from X to Y.

Complying Methods

Plurality voting, Approval voting, Cardinal Ratings, Borda count, and Woodall's DAC and DSC methods all pass the Participation Criterion. Condorcet methods, Majority Choice Approval, and IRV fail.

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