1.14. Consider a variation on the idea of a weighted voting system, in which one or more voters is given a negative weight. Show that such a system is not monotone. If a voter knows that the method assigns a negative weight to her vote, how will she be inclined to cast her ballot?

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1.14. Consider a variation on the idea of a weighted voting system, in
which one or more voters is given a negative weight. Show that such
a system is not monotone. If a voter knows that the method assigns a
negative weight to her vote, how will she be inclined to cast her ballot?

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