Actually, SODA can work with a normal ballot, as long as there's a write-in option. You just write in "do not delegate", or "Bender the Robot", and check the box. Since you have more than one check, your ballot is no longer delegated.<div>
<br></div><div>Also, SODA is a bit more than just approval with a delegation option. The candidate predeclarations, and the order for using delegated ballots, both help get a good resolution the chicken dilemma.<br><div>
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</div><div>Jameson<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/3/8 Kevin Venzke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stepjak@yahoo.fr">stepjak@yahoo.fr</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif"><div><span>Hi Mike,</span></div>
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span>I don't think Approval-Runoff can get off the ground since it's too</span></div>
<div><span>apparent that a party could nominate two candidates (signaling that one</span></div>
<div><span>is just a pawn to aid the other) and try to win by grabbing both of the</span></div>
<div><span>finalist positions. If this happened regularly it would be just an </span></div>
<div><span>expensive </span><span>version of FPP.</span></div>
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span>SODA actually does allow you to not delegate via checking a box</span><span>. But</span></div>
<div><span>a version that required delegation might be interesting because it</span></div>
<div><span>wouldn't require an "approval plus checkbox" ballot, it would just need</span></div>
<div><span>a vote-for-one ballot.</span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span>Kevin</span></div>
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