[EM] Viewable Interim results with permitted vote changing

[Kevin Venzke]

Hi Toby,

--- En date de : Dim 25.9.11, Toby Pereira <tdp201b at yahoo.co.uk> a écrit :


De: Toby Pereira <tdp201b at yahoo.co.uk>
Objet: [EM] Viewable Interim results with permitted vote changing
À: "electorama list" <election-methods at lists.electorama.com>
Date: Dimanche 25 septembre 2011, 12h13



This may well have been discussed before, and it wouldn't really be practical for parliamentary elections, but could be used in other situations. You allow a certain period for voting to take place (say a week), and when you cast your vote (logging into a computer with a password), it tells you the current result. Votes can be changed as many times as you want until the voting deadline. This would possibly be a little bit like SODA except that voters aren't putting delegation in the hands of the candidates, but do it all themselves.
 
I think it would potentially remove problems where "weak" winners get in - candidates that people rank/rate highly thinking that they will never get in, perhaps to put a gap between theit favourite and their perceived nearest rival.
 
As for what sort of ballot you'd use with this, I would suggest something simple. First Past the Post probably wouldn't be too horrific with this sort of voting, but I would suggest probably Approval.
 
This is basically what pre-election polling is supposed to do. With FPP you will
have the same problem that once you have two frontrunners, the winner will
almost certainly be one of those two, with little likelihood of the frontrunners 
changing. You might prevent some spoiled outcomes though.
 
Kevin
 
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