A Voter in a Preference Ballot Decided Using Borda Count

question 18

Multiple Choice

A voter in a preference ballot decided using Borda count discovers that his neighbor is going to rank the candidates A over C over D over B. She wants to exactly cancel her neighbor's vote so that it will have no effect net effect on the Borda count result. How should she vote?

• A) A over D over C over B
• B) D over B over C over A
• C) B over D over C over A
• D) None of these will work.

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