On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 05:07:31PM -0500, Norbert Veber wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 12:06:10AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > > I just want to remind everyone about how this voting works under the > > hood. You are better off not leaving options blank, for the simple > > reason that leaving it blank means your vote does not count against that > > option (the things you vote for are not considered against the thing you > > left blank). > > > > One side affect of this is that if you only put a number next to one > > person's name, and leave the rest blank, your vote pretty much means > > nothing. If you want to select one person, and leave the rest equally, > > you could put a "1" for the person (or thing) you like, and mark the > > rest as "2". Which means the one option you like is more important than > > the rest, but the rest are not more important than each other. > > > > Yes, this is confusing. The only reason I understand it is because I've > > read the code and researched the concorde process in some detail. > > Thats very strange. So if I only consider one candidate vorthy of a > vote, and fill in just one square, my vote means nothing? That dosent > seem right :)
That's the way concorde voting works. It's all about prefering one candidate over another. If you only like one, mark them "1", and everything else as "2". -- .------==-=======--------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========---====----------==-===-------=--=---' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
