[EM] Uncountable Ballot

[Kevin Venzke]

 --- josh at narins.net a écrit : 
> I still think its a better ballot for the reason that no voter ever has
> to compare any two candidates they do not want, and it allows for a much
> fuller expression of voter desire.

Why do you think so?  The only added ability for the voter is to create
a cycle on his own ballot.  If the voter can't resolve A>B>C>D>E>A>B>C...,
then maybe he should just rank them equal on a standard ranked ballot.
I think on such ballots equal rankings mean "don't know" more likely than
"don't care," anyway.

Here's another idea for a 2D ballot: have a grid, maybe of hexagons, and
ask the voter to plot all the candidates as well as himself somewhere in
the grid, lower distance corresponding to similarity.  Average all the
ballots somehow and elect the candidate closest to the "center of gravity"
of the voters.

It would be messy, I think, but I think people might be less inclined to
"bullet vote" on such a ballot.

Kevin Venzke
stepjak at yahoo.fr


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