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> From: wds@math.temple.edu<br>
<tt>> I posted it on <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RangeVoting/" target="_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RangeVoting/</a>
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<Summary for those that don't want to go to the RangeVoting List><br>
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The method amounts to allowing the voter to vote<br>
FOR two candidates and AGAINST 1 candidate.<br>
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The AGAINST vote is a FOR vote for all the other<br>
candidates.<br>
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Also, the AGAINST candidate has to match one of the FOR <br>
candidates and both FORs have to be different.<br>
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The voter can get a copy of any of the 3 votes.<br>
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(If that is an incorrect decription, please correct me)<br>
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However (from the RV list), Warren Says:<br>
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> Well... slight flaw. If I look at your FOR vote (either for vote)<br>
> then I have no idea who you voted for. *But*<br>
> if I look at your AGAINST vote,<br>
> then I know who you did NOT vote for reducing the set from N to N-1.<br>
> That is a bummer, I must admit. However, not a very big bummer?<br>
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<The proposed soltion to this uses 5 ballots instead of 3><br>
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However that assumes that the following is invalid:<br>
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1) FOR: A<br>
2) FOR: A<br>
3) AGAINST: A<br>
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This would be the case using Warren's stencil system as <br>
if a voter uses his FOR A stencil on ballot 1, the <br>
voter cannot use it for ballot 2.<br>
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However, if the mechanism just ensures that the AGAINST <br>
ballot matches one of the FOR ballots, then the problem <br>
disappears.<br>
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I would suggest that there are 2 sets of stencils. Each <br>
set contains a FOR/AGAINST vote for each candidate.<br>
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There would be 4 ballot slots. The voter places 4 ballots<br>
in the slots. The voter then applies a stencil for each pair. <br>
This marks the ballots so that each pair has opposite votes. <br>
The voter then selects one ballot as his receipt and the other <br>
3 are cast.<br>
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The receipt will contain the opposite vote to the vote it<br>
is a receipt for. However, that's not a problem.<br>
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Also, I wonder if it would be a good idea to have 2 types<br>
of ballot. A FOR ballot and an AGAINST ballot. It seems<br>
pointless to mark the AGAINST ballot by marking FOR all<br>
the other candidates on a FOR ballot. The voter would<br>
receive two pairs of ballots.<br>
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This removes the need for stencils entirelly. A slider<br>
would be moved up and down to select a candidate. The<br>
machine will then stamp both ballots at that place.<br>
This automatically creates a FOR/AGAINST pair. The<br>
2 ballots would have to be shaped slightly differently<br>
so that the voter can't place two FORs in the slots.<br>
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</tt><tt>One issue is getting the ID numbers to match, for the <br>
receipt and its ballot and not for the other pair. I am<br>
not sure how easy that would be to accomplish.<br>
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