Before revision: The sincere favorite or no favorite-betrayal criterion is a property of some voting systems, that says voters should have no incentive to vote for someone else over their favorite.Alex Small, “Geometric construction of voting methods that protect voters’ first choices,” arXiv:1008.4331 (August 22, 2010), URL It protects voters from having to engage in lesser evil voting or a strategy called "decapitation" (removing the "head" off a ballot).
After revision: The sincere favorite or no favorite-betrayal criterion is a property of some voting systems, that says voters should have no incentive to vote for someone else over their favorite.Alex Small, “Geometric construction of voting methods that protect voters’ first choices,” arXiv:1008.4331 (August 22, 2010), URL It protects voters from having to engage in lesser-evil voting or a strategy called "decapitation" (removing the "head" off a ballot).