Weighted Votes

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Clarification- In the example-

Single executive or judicial office
         Vote      Weighted Vote
B           80    33.33
E          100   41.67
F           60    25.00
Total    240  100.00

The B, E and F choices each got above 50 votes (on a 0 to 100 scale) from a 
majority of the voters.  Obviously, many choices might not get such 
majorities.

If negative votes were to used in a  0 to 100 scale, then a weighted votes 
type vote example might be --

       Vote   Vote-100    Wt. Vote
 G     40    -60             -25.53
 X     20    -80             -34.04
 Y       5    -95             -40.43
              -235           -100.00

A nonvote (default vote) for a choice would be 0 (i.e. a -100 vote before 
weight adjustment).

Having weighted votes might have a tendency to reduce the mania of certain 
politicians who think they have a "mandate" to go wild when they get a 
majority of the votes (which may be of a rather weak support level --- such 
as lots of 51- 75 votes on a 0 to 100 scale before weight adjustments).  
Currently each incumbent politician has a severe delusion that every vote for 
him/her is a 100 vote.