[EM] 5 Choice Visual Aid

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Another visual aid to show the various possibilities. View in a monospace 
font for better alignment.

5 Choices-- A,B,C,D,E

Position votes

Assume all votes where a choice is shown and the X choice(s) to the left of 
such choice are YES votes.
A "Z" choice is any one of the other 4 choices and may be a NO vote and/or a 
truncated vote (i.e. nonvote).

    12345
A1  AZZZZ
A2  XAZZZ
A3  XXAZZ
A4  XXXAZ
A5  XXXXA
Atot

B1  BZZZZ
B2  XBZZZ
B3  XXBZZ
B4  XXXBZ
B5  XXXXB
Btot

C1  CZZZZ
C2  XCZZZ
C3  XXCZZ
C4  XXXCZ
C5  XXXXC
Ctot

D1  DZZZZ
D2  XDZZZ
D3  XXDZZ
D4  XXXDZ
D5  XXXXD
Dtot

E1  EZZZZ
E2  XEZZZ
E3  XXEZZ
E4  XXXEZ
E5  XXXXE
Etot

Tie votes can be put in for more complexity-- such as E3.3 (X=X=E)ZZ

Head to Head

N1  AB N2
N3  AC N4
N5  AD N6
N7  AE N8
N9  BC N10
N11 BD N12
N13 BE N14
N15 CD N16
N17 CE N18
N19 DE N20

Three of the more obvious possible tiebreakers if there is no head to head 
(Condorcet) winner among 3 or more YES majority choices -

Fewest YES votes (the tot votes above)
Fewest first choice votes
Worst Head to head defeat

Which tiebreaker is the easiest to understand for John/Mary Q. Voter ???