[EM] Best use of two bit ballots?

[Kristofer Munsterhjelm]

fsimmons at pcc.edu wrote:

> 
> Which interpretation would be least confusing for the voter?
> 
> Suppose, for example we have
> 
> [name]  (1)  (2)
> 
> What is the most natural interpretation for the voter that doesn't read the instructions?
> 

Either a Range ballot where greatest circle filled in counts (so if you 
mark both 1 and 2, that's 2 points), or Approval with undervote limits 
(you either have to fill in 1 or 2 for all candidates).

If it's Range, leaving it blank will either count as an abstention (soft 
quorum style) or as 0 points. If it's Approval, leaving any blank will 
make the ballot informal.

I think the Range ballot would be better than the Approval one, because 
having to fill in all candidates may lead people to request an 
above-the-line option of the ballot designers, and then voting above the 
line.