<quote name="Shane Hathaway" date="Fri, 21 Mar 2008 at 13:28 -0600"> > Von Fugal wrote: > >What do you as a voter _want_ out of a voting process and voting > >infrastructure? > > I want to be able to vote for multiple candidates, so that if my first > choice doesn't win, my vote still increases the odds for my other choices.
I wholeheartedly agree, either one of approval or condorcet (IRV, are these subtly different or basically the same thing?) would be a huge improvement. > Currently, I have to guess whether my first choice has a chance of > winning; if there's little chance, I have to vote for my second choice > instead. That feels broken since my vote does not reflect my actual > preference. This happens most often in US presidential elections. Don't get me started on this. ;) #utah regulars can tell you why. Although I disagree with people voting 'strategically' I do recognize it happens and anything that can be done to decrease the practice would be gratuitously beneficial. > This is probably not the kind of answer you expected, but for me, it's > the most important thing that we currently lack. We need either > approval voting (voters to choose multiple candidates, without ranking) > or the Condorcet method (voters rank multiple candidates). Again, I agree, and this is good to hear, but I'm more focused on the infrastructure than the specific protocols. Both a paper ballot and an electronic infrastructure could easily support these methods and more. > >What do and/or would you as a voter dislike in a voting > >process/infrastructure? > > Ads. lol Von Fugal -- Freedom is Popular http://www.ronpaul2008.com
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