Lalo Martins wrote: > A few days ago a friend was describing the Australian system to me. He > (she?) probably didn't describe it very precisely, and I probably didn't > understand it perfectly, but it goes more or less like this: > > You vote for a number of options in order: your favourite, your second > choice, and so on. I think you're supposed to cast 5 votes and you're > allowed to cast less.
You basically described the instant run off system, which is sometimes called the australian system. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting It is probably a good method to use, because I doubt any system will get a majority on the first vote, and it avoids run-offs. _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list crossfire@metalforge.org http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire