[email protected] wrote:
A rating ballot should have a row for each candidate's name followed by four
bubbles:
[candidate name] (8) (4) (2) (1)
The voter's rating of the candidate is the sum of the digits of the darkened bubbles. This allows voters
that can do addition up to 8+4+2+1=15 to rate candidates on a scale of zero to fifteen. If that is too
hard, I recommend a scale of zero to seven that requires only the ability to add up to the sum 4+2+1=7.
Too complex for the voters, I think. If backwards compatibility is
important, have circles for [1...n] and make a resolution rule where the
rating is either considered the sum of all marked or the greatest value
marked, clamped to [0...n].
Greatest value would be more susceptible to fraud than sum, but is simpler.
If backwards compatibility isn't, just have the voters write a number
next to each candidate. I finally found a source - it says this layout
is used in Ireland:
http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/STVBallotPaper.php
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