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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To cancel the neighbor's vote, she should rank the candidates in the exact reverse order: B over D over C over A. This will ensure that the points assigned in the Borda count will negate each other.

A Voter in a Preference Ballot Decided Using Borda Count