[EM] Ballot Design

[Lloyd Caesar]

This may be a bit off topic. It's about art not
science.
How should an STV ballot be designed for ease of use
and ease of counting. (For the rules, let's say, paper
ballots, computer count, manual recount if necessary)
A simple list of names with spaces next to them
forwriting in a number is clear for voters but
difficult for poll-workers who can't use a computer
for the count(without foolproof OCR) and have to
decipher handwriting.
Names with numbered circles to fill in (SAT style)
reqquire as many numbers as there are candidates,
possibly a huge number in say a multi-party 9-seat
(about the largest practical) election. Furthermore,
voters can lose track of the numbers as they move
around the ballot and accidentally spoil their
ballots.
What might work? any ideas?


		
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