On the Kim and Roush voting procedure

We study in this paper some features of a new voting rule recently proposed by K.H. Kim and F.W. Roush. The (conjectural) optimality of this voting ru le with respect to statistical manipulability by coalitions is discussed un der two alternative probabilistic assumptions, namely the impartial culture condition (IC) and the impartial anonymous culture condition (IAC). We als o analyze the ability of Kim and Roush procedure to fulfil the Condorcet co nditions. Some representations of its Condorcet efficiency in three-alterna tive elections are obtained.