[EM] Voting by selecting a published ordering

[Dan Bishop]

Simmons, Forest wrote:
> Dan Bishop wrote ...
> 
> "How about making it less stealthy by including the candidates'
> orderings?  A row of the ballot would look something like this:
> 
> [ ] HOWARD DEAN (Democratic Party)
>      Bob Graham, John Kerry, John Edwards, Wesley Clark"
>  
> I ask,
>  
> what if each candidate could sponsor up to three orders?
>  
> [ ] Joe (only)
> [ ] Joe, Jane, Jill, Jack, Jim
> [ ] Joe, Jill, Jane, Jim, Jack

For that matter, why limit list sponsorship to candidates?  The ballot 
could look something like this:


************ STATE OF TEXAS  ************
************ OFFICIAL BALLOT ************

       U.S. House of Representatives

-----------------------------------------

Either choose an ordering of candidates from the LISTS section
OR rank the candidates in the CANDIDATES section.

--------------    LISTS    --------------

To choose a list, mark the box next to it.  You may vote for
only ONE list.

[ ] REPUBLICAN PARTY
     John Carter, Randy Neugebauer, Tom Delay, Joe Barton
[ ] DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     Sheila Jackson Lee, Al Green, Charlie Gonzales,
     Eddie Johnson, ...
[ ] AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
     Sheila Jackson Lee, Eddie Johnson, Charlie Gonzales,
     Rubén Hinojosa, ...
[ ] FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL
     Tom Delay, John Culberson, Sam Johnson, Louie Gohmert, ...
[ ] LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS
     Lloyd Doggett, Eddie Johnson, Sheila Jackson Lee, ...
     Charlie Gonzales
[ ] NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION
     Tom Delay, Henry Bonilla, Pete Sessions, Kay Granger
...

-------------- CANDIDATES  --------------

Write an "A" in the box next to your favorite candidate, a
"B" next to your second-favorite candidate, a "C" next to
your third-favorite candidate, etc.  You may rank as many
candidates as you wish.

[ ] Louie Gohmert
[ ] Ted Poe
[ ] Sam Johnson
[ ] Ralph Hall
...