[EM] Mass Candidates

Anthony Duff anthony_duff at yahoo.com.au
Thu Jul 6 18:05:09 PDT 2006


--- Stephane Rouillon <stephane.rouillon at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> any system that would leave a default value for unvalued/unranked/unapproved
> candidates would help. Personnaly, I would suggest:
> A) Let the voter precise the score, rank or state of all unexpressed
> preferences;
> B) I favor preference-style ballots over simple approbational ballots;
> C) I favor ranking systems over scoring sytems.
> 
> The reason behid B) is that I think preferences help to get a more sincere
> result
> because the added details are worth more than the strategical opportunities
> in my humble opinion.  I wrote C) for the same reason.

I don't see the logic of the last sentence.  A scoring system should include more
details than a ranking system.  A scoring system can have an arbitrary level of
precision, and can be reduced to a rank ballot.

Anthony





		
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