[EM] Open letter to STAR voting promoters

[Closed Limelike Curves]

Yep... I think that, even if we decided to use a ranked voting system, we
should run it off of rated ballots. Simpler to understand, and lets voters
indicate things like "I hate all the candidates". If that information is
tallied and displayed, you can use it to prove that a winner is unpopular,
which helps you recruit more candidates in the future.

We can disagree on the best counting method after we've completed the
ballots, which might involve just turning them into rankings. But I don't
see how the ballot design itself is that important, or how score ballots
would be worse when you can convert them into ranking information.

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 9:35 AM <fdpk69p6uq at snkmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 8:41 PM Richard, the VoteFair guy wrote:
>
>> they are basically just supplying money to the huge(!)
>> number of Oregon voters who understand that ranked choice ballots are
>> much better than STAR ballots.
>>
>
> Score ballots are superior to ranked ballots.  They are easier to fill
> out.  They allow expression of strength of preference and indifference.
> They stay the same from one election to the next, regardless of the number
> of candidates. They don't require limiting your rankings to top 5 for space
> in an election with 20 candidates, etc. etc.
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