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<div>Well, your argument includes describing the method you're going to use to count the ballots. So this could only work on people who have a preference about ballot format but no preference about the method used.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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Le dimanche 3 mars 2019 à 13:48:17 UTC−6, ⸘Ŭalabio‽ <Walabio@MacOSX.Com> a écrit :
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<div><div dir="ltr"> ⸘Howdy‽<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> For some reason, some prefer ranked ballots over scored ballots. I say we give to them what they want:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> "So you want to rank. Well now, I can give to you ranking not just with positive values but negative ranks as well."<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Ranked Voter:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> “⸘I can express extreme displeasure without burying the evil candidate under zillions of donkey-votes‽<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> “¡Yes!”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Ranked Voter:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> “¿How?”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> “Let us suppose that you rank Thus:”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Mary:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> “+1”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Ed:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> “+2”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Carl:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> “-2”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Sylvester:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> “-1”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> “We count those as 1 over your rank:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Mary:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> “1/+1”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Ed:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> “1/+2”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Carl:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> “1/-2”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Sylvester:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> “1/-1”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> “For making counting easy, we use 2520, the least common multiple of all counting numbers unto 9, and multiply it by your score:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Mary:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> “+2520”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Ed:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> “+1260”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Carl:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> “-1260”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Sylvester:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> “-1520”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> "We simply sum the votes."<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> “The full range of absolute values are thus:”<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> 2520<br></div><div dir="ltr"> 1260<br></div><div dir="ltr"> 0840<br></div><div dir="ltr"> 0630<br></div><div dir="ltr"> 0504<br></div><div dir="ltr"> 0420<br></div><div dir="ltr"> 0360<br></div><div dir="ltr"> 0315<br></div><div dir="ltr"> 0280<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> ¿What is your opinion about uniting score/rank-voting thus?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> ¡Peace!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> “⸘Ŭalabio‽” <<a href="mailto:Walabio@MacOSX.Com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Walabio@MacOSX.Com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Skype:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> Walabio<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">An IntactWiki:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="http://intactwiki.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://intactwiki.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> “You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.”<br></div><div dir="ltr"> ——<br></div><div dir="ltr"> Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan<br></div><div dir="ltr">----<br></div><div dir="ltr">Election-Methods mailing list - see <a href="https://electorama.com/em " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://electorama.com/em </a>for list info<br></div></div>
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