Dave Ketchum wrote:
Been a busy day on this thread. I will try for Condorcet, to sell that
it can be good and usable by voters without requiring much new
understanding by them.
Ranking:
IRV ranking, learned by many, is a start, with equal ranking a
trivial addition.
Approval voting permissible and usable as valid Condorcet by using
a single rank number.
How many rank numbers? Three, as in IRV, is probable reasonable
minimum. More needs thought, but not necessarily many - usability of
equal ranks minimizes true need for more.
I think some STV countries use ranked ballot types where you write a
number in front of the candidate. The ballot is is then checked using
OCR and forwarded to a manual count if ambiguous. These types of ballot
could permit as many rankings as there are candidates, and seem
reasonably simple as long as the electorate knows how to count.
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