On 17 Apr 2009, at 15:57, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > On Thursday 16 April 2009 23:08:03 Steve Harris wrote: >> Ah, sorry, I misunderstood. Well, it depends whether the ranking >> method, doesn't it? If we use something like Condorcet then there's >> no >> problem with people voting for as many as they care to, if I remember >> correctly. > > Yeah, that's my understanding too. Condorcet looks nice to me, as it > produces > a ranked list, but then I came across something the other day that > said the > method was created for single-winner ballots, so perhaps there is an > even > better suited method somewhere that has been explicitly created for > ranked > list ballots? If we can't find something quickly, Condorcet sounds > good to > me. According to Wikipedia[1] there are minor variants of Condorcet that produced ranked lists. Approval voting would be more like the straw polls we've been doing, and I find it an easier decision making process. But, I understand there are situations where the outcome is not representative of the wishes of the voters. I don't know how common that situation is though. - Steve [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method#Condorcet_Ranking_Methods -- Steve Harris Garlik Limited, 2 Sheen Road, Richmond, TW9 1AE, UK +44(0)20 8973 2465 http://www.garlik.com/ Registered in England and Wales 535 7233 VAT # 849 0517 11 Registered office: Thames House, Portsmouth Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9ADReceived on Friday, 17 April 2009 15:10:18 UTC
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