<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Jim Henry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jimhenry1973@gmail.com">jimhenry1973@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Does anyone object to the above proposed voting structure?<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote></div><br>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.<br><br>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:<br>
<br>Barlang: 70<br>Foolang: 15<br>Quxlang: 10<br>Smeelang: 5<br><br>then is very different from<br><br>Barlang: 28<br>Foolang: 26<br>Quxlang: 24<br>Smeelang: 22<br><br>Does a voting scheme like this work in real life? I have no experience; it's just an idea.<br>
<br>----larry<br>