I've noticed that it would have been nice to be able to leave people out without putting them at the bottom of the ballot; that's where George W. Bush goes. Anybody I don't know about has more than half a chance of being better than GWB.
This could be implemented in different ways - perhaps I could specify a default rank (17 is what it ended up being) for people I leave unranked, or perhaps I could opt for unranked candidates to be left out of my pairwise comparisons altogether (though that option might result in weak, unknown candidates doing too well). So here's the ballot. ---- If you want to have an Approval cutoff, below what rank position do you want it? [ ] If you want to have an automatic equal ranking line, below what rank position do you want it? [16] Candidates Ranks Approval CR George W. Bush [20] [ ] [3] Howard Dean [8] [X] [72] Edwards [1] [X] [100] Kerry [10] [ ] [68] Kucinich [4] [X] [87] Nader [5] [X] [84] Sharpton [16] [ ] [57] Jim Hightower [17] [ ] [50] Amy Goodman [17] [ ] [50] Ron Daniels [17] [ ] [50] Medea Benjamin [17] [ ] [50] Winona LaDuke [12] [ ] [63] Bill Moyers [17] [ ] [50] Peter Camejo [13] [ ] [62] Michael Parenti [17] [ ] [50] Cynthia McKinney [17] [ ] [50] Noam Chomsky [14] [ ] [61] Howard Zinn [17] [ ] [50] Wesley Clark [6] [X] [82] Ramsey Clark [17] [ ] [50] Al Gore [15] [ ] [60] Dick Gephardt [9] [X] [70] Lieberman [11] [ ] [65] Carol Moseley-Braun [7] [X] [77] Bill Bradley [2] [X] [95] John McCaine [3] [x] [90] Robert Dole [18] [ ] [40] Paul Tsongas [17] [ ] [50] Michael Dukakis [9] [X] [70] Walter Mondale [9] [X] [70] Jimmy Carter [7] [X] [77] John Anderson [17] [ ] [50] Robert Byrd [17] [ ] [50] Bernie Sanders [17] [ ] [50] Jerry Springer [19] [ ] [15] Ken Livingstone [17] [ ] [50] Ron Paul [17] [ ] [50] Jerry Falwell [21] [ ] [0] Michael Badnarik [17] [ ] [50] Gary Nolan [17] [ ] [50] Aaron Russo [17] [ ] [50] Blake Ashby [17] [ ] [50] Bill Wyatt [17] [ ] [50] John Rigazio [17] [ ] [50] Millie Howard [17] [ ] [50] -- Rob Speer ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
