[conlang_learners] Now or in September?

[Larry Sulky]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Jim Henry <jimhenry1973 at gmail.com> wrote:

> ---SNIP---
> Does anyone object to the above proposed voting structure?
>
>
It does seem unwieldy, especially since the total vote count will be low so
there will be lots of ties that have to be resolved.

How about weighted voting? Each voter gets a sizable number of votes -- say
20, or 100 -- to apportion as they like amongst as many of the nominees as
they like. Then just count votes. This lets a voter convey not only
preference, but strength of preference:

Barlang: 70
Foolang: 15
Quxlang: 10
Smeelang: 5

then is very different from

Barlang: 28
Foolang: 26
Quxlang: 24
Smeelang: 22

Does a voting scheme like this work in real life? I have no experience; it's
just an idea.

----larry
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