Amend ballots with equal or incomplete preferences

The correct.ranking function returns a modified set of ballots. Its argument partial determines if ballots are partially set to 0 (TRUE), or if it is a complete re-ranking, as allowed when equal.ranking = TRUE. It can be used by calling it explicitly. It is called by stv if equal.ranking = TRUE or invalid.partial = TRUE. It is also called from within the condorcet function with the default value (FALSE) for partial, i.e. interpreting any 0 as a last= preference.

Usage

correct.ranking(votes, partial = FALSE, quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

votes

original contents of ballot box

partial

if FALSE (default), each ballot is interpreted, if possible, as a complete (but not necessarily total) ranking of the candidates. If TRUE, a ballot will contain a 0 on unranked candidates.

quiet

suppress diagnostics

Value

corrected ballots