[EM] ACF grade voting

Kristofer Munsterhjelm km_elmet at lavabit.com
Fri Dec 30 15:14:45 PST 2011


On 12/30/2011 05:51 PM, fsimmons at pcc.edu wrote:
> Suppose the ballot limits grade options to A, C, and F, but a sizeable faction would like to award a
> grade of B to a particular candidate.  If half of them voted a grade of A and the other half a grde of C, the
> resulting grade points would be the same.
>
> So in elections with large electorates there is no need to have grade ballots with all five grade options.
> Those who want to award a B grade can flip a coin to decide between A and C.  Those who would like to
> award a grade of D can decide between C and F with a coin toss.  The grade averages will come out the
> same as if the higher resolution grade ballots were used.
>
> If two or more candidates are statistically tied, the tied candidate with the greatest number of A's and
> C's should be elected.

Does this trick work with Majority Judgement and its tiebreaker too?




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