Voter's Choice: Each voter votes a ranking, and designates a count rule. The ballots are counted by each count rule designated. Each voter, when he designated a rule, meant that he wants to give a Plurality vote to the winner by that rule. A Plurality count is held, and the winner of that Plurality election is declared the winner of the election. *** So if you feel that a certain rule picks the alternative that's the best you can get, designate it, and its winner gets your Plurality vote. And if you think that, by whatever standard or theory you believe in, a certain method picks the best winner, then it makes sense to vote that that winner should win. *** Of course when the vote is about voting systems, there's no need to designate a count rule, since your 1st choice is your favorite count rule (unless you're using the defensive strategy of Margins or IRO :-) ). *** Actually, if I thought Voter's Choice wasn't too much to ask of the public, I'd suggest it for public elections, and it would, in my opinion, solve the rank-count debate problem. But it's a lot to ask for, since people would have to accept more than just a method. Still, no one would have to agree on a method... Mike
