Agreed that the warning about "fraudprone" is valid. Rather than the
labor-intensive change I see below, I would simply require the voter
to indicate quantity of approvals.
Dave Ketchum
On May 4, 2011, at 3:14 AM, ⸘Ŭalabio‽ wrote:
2011-05-04T05:48:15Z, “Matt Welland” <[email protected]>:
I think it is within reach for us to change this bad situation but
we need the experts (you) to accept that the world isn't ready for
the perfect solution and drive hard for the most achievable and
pragmatic solution. Please consider getting behind Approval voting
and to stop confusing the politicians and public with complicated
ideas. Repeat this everywhere: Approval good, plurality bad, IRV
worse.
I know that we must focus like a laser. I point out that plurality
and IRV are bad. I advocate approval with a twist:
The ballot like thus, is fraudprone:
[ ] Candidate A
[ ] Candidate B
[ ] Candidate C
[ ] Candidate D
[ ] Candidate E
[ ] Candidate F
[ ] Candidate G
[ ] Candidate H
[ ] Candidate I
[ ] Candidate J
[ ] Candidate K
[ ] Candidate L
[ ] Candidate M
[ ] Candidate N
[ ] Candidate O
[ ] Candidate P
[ ] Candidate Q
[ ] Candidate R
[ ] Candidate S
[ ] Candidate T
[ ] Candidate U
[ ] Candidate V
[ ] Candidate W
[ ] Candidate X
[ ] Candidate Y
[ ] Candidate Z
Because a supporter of O can approval O after the ballots are cast
on every ballot not already approving O. This is better:
Instructions
One must either approve [+] or reject [-] every candidate or the
ballot is considered spoiled.
[+] [-] Candidate A
[+] [-] Candidate B
[+] [-] Candidate C
[+] [-] Candidate D
[+] [-] Candidate E
[+] [-] Candidate F
[+] [-] Candidate G
[+] [-] Candidate H
[+] [-] Candidate I
[+] [-] Candidate J
[+] [-] Candidate K
[+] [-] Candidate L
[+] [-] Candidate M
[+] [-] Candidate N
[+] [-] Candidate O
[+] [-] Candidate P
[+] [-] Candidate Q
[+] [-] Candidate R
[+] [-] Candidate S
[+] [-] Candidate T
[+] [-] Candidate U
[+] [-] Candidate V
[+] [-] Candidate W
[+] [-] Candidate X
[+] [-] Candidate Y
[+] [-] Candidate Z
Now the ballots are resistant to manipulation after voting. This
format is human/machine-readable.
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