On 29-Mar-01, 20:56 (CST), Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The thing is, you only get a vote over someone else if they marked it. > > IOW, if I only mark "--1--", then my vote is as good as nothing, since I > made no preference of one over the other. So not specifying a rank in > the order pretty much alleviates that choice in the tally for that > particular vote.
Debatable. Unmarked votes can also be counted as "equally last", so that "--1--" count is the same as "22122". The constitution is unclear on this (as well as many other things), which is why AJ, Buddha Buck, Raul, and a couple of people from the election-methods list have been working on a proposal to clarify and improve Debian's voting procedure and rules. Steve -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read every list I post to.)
