A voting rule is incoherent until it specifies both multiplier and multiplicand.
Evidence
A fully-specified voting rule must state both a multiplier and a multiplicand. To say that the voting rule should be “a majority” or “a supermajority” is an underspecified statement, like saying “X is more than” or “three multiplied by.” … The choice of multiplicand is at least as important as the choice of a multiplier. — Adrian Vermeule, Absolute Voting Rules, 38
Categorization
- DEFINE: Introduces the multiplier/multiplicand distinction that makes ‘majority rule’ an incomplete specification rather than a fixed rule.