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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by RobLa (talk | contribs) at 08:01, 10 September 2003 (Citing details on Coombs). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

I believe the following is an accurate description of Coombs' method:

If at any time one candidate has a majority of first place votes, then this is the winner. As long as this is not the case, the candidate with the most last place votes is eliminated.

Unfortunately the article describes a different method; it appears to be a modification meant to always elect a Condorcet winner if it exists. -- 212.127.214.105 20:22, 9 Sep 2003 (EDT)

The article as it previously was written was describing Hare (more commonly known as "Instant Runoff"). Coombs is not Instant Runoff. My description of Coombs' method is accurate to the best of my knowledge. I've misplaced my research notebook so I can't cite my exact sources, but here's a thread loosely describing the method (at the time, I thought it was called the "Spokane method")
It always eliminates the Condorcet loser, but doesn't necessarily elect the Condorcet winner, from what I understand. I would have to really go spulunking through my material to find the example, though. -- RobLa 08:01, 10 Sep 2003 (UTC)