On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Peter Zbornik <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes that is indeed the problem - it allows for bribery and blackmailing. > The secret ballot was introduced together with the equal voting right in > many states of Europe, including the Czech Republic. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_ballot.
But, asset does use a secret ballot for the first stage. If I was implementing it large scale I would include a rule that says that only electors who receive, say 20+ votes count. Each vote would then indicate 2 choices. If their first choice doesn't get 20 votes, then their vote goes to their 2nd choice. It would proceed as per normal Asset after that. The people who receive votes then can cast then in the 2nd stage of the election. Why is this different from when legislators vote in a parliament? They are also open to corruption and bribery. You could also implement where a voter can rank the candidates and then if the vote becomes exhausted, then their first choice gets to decide how the vote is transferred. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
