<dialogue about approval and detection of tampering> Another thought occurred to me. With either Approval or ranking, it is easy enough to "un-vote" for a candidate by simply drawing a line through all of the candidate's fill-in spots.
A machine reader can be set to count multiple ranks or excessive ink as lowest rank or non-approved. This prevents tampering via overvotes and makes the intention clear if the ballot is read by hand. And it takes mere moments to strike out all non-preferred candidates. Zip, zip, zip, and you're done. Q -- araucaria dot araucana at gmail dot com http://www.metafilter.com/user/23101 http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/User:Araucaria Q = Qoph = "monkey/knot" -- see http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/alphabet.html ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
