To have an ideal voting system in place, if a group is voting on option X versus option Y, this decision should not depend on any information or preference about another unconnected option, Z. In other words, which of the following criteria must be present in the voting system?

A. Independence of irrelevant alternatives
B. Transitivity
C. No dictator
D. Unanimity


A. Independence of irrelevant alternatives

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