I agree that the name "score ballot" or "score voting" is relatively
self-evident.
In contrast, "rated ballot" and "rated voting" are ambiguous (similar to
"preferential ballot" being ambiguous).
And I agree that "cardinal" and "ordinal" are not clear. Plus many
people are going to associate those words with birds, not numbers.
On 6/21/2012 9:59 AM, robert bristow-johnson wrote:
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"Rated ballots" or "Rated voting" is an okay term, i guess, and i don't
think that "Range voting" was very meaningful to me when i first read
the term from Warren's site. but "Score voting" immediately had meaning.
i knew right away what it meant, and when i use the term to talk with
non-technical people interested about voting issues (usually after the
nasty IRV battle we had here), i always say "Score voting" and compare
it to judging at an athletic performance, like Olympic gymnastics. then
people know exactly what i mean. to a person, no one liked the idea of
rating candidates as their official expression of their vote.
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