--- On Wed, 28/1/09, James Gilmour <jgilm...@globalnet.co.uk> wrote: > I had written: > > > I do not even think about putting all the > > > remaining options into any > > > order of preference, much less attempt it. > > Juho Laatu > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:24 PM > > Same with me. It is however probably not > > a big problem for you to pick some other > > product if your favourite brand is out > > of stock. > > > Maybe, Juho, but that is VERY different from having to put > ALL the other options into an order of preference - which > is what was > being demanded by some others here. > > As I have said before, I am totally opposed to compulsory > voting and I am totally opposed to having to rank every > candidate when I > genuinely do not have any preferences among some of them. > > James
Yes, compulsory voting is not a good idea but allowing partial and equal rankings is. One can also allow some default (partial) inheritance/preference orders to be used (instead of forcing the voter to list all candidates) when the number of candidates is high (e.g. a group with 10 candidates, party 30, and left or right wing 100) but the voter will benefit of ranking more than few of them. Juho ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info