correct.ranking function

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.

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

Returns

corrected ballots