I'd have thought you'd:

- Receive entries
- Wait for the deadline
- Set up a gallery of said entries
- People vote for their favourite one, once only,
secretly
- Winner takes all

Why do you need to see what other people are voting?

--
Cameron Adams

W: www.themaninblue.com


--- Peter Firminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi woric.
> 
> > My question is will the voting results will be
> kept secret
> > until the voting
> > finishes, or will they be known before voting
> closes so we
> > can change our
> > vote accordingly?
> 
> Hmmm democracy... I wonder how an election for the
> leader of a country would
> go if the results were tabulated in real-time. Only
> the party faithful would
> vote early. Add to that the ability to change your
> vote and I think you
> could start a civil war on polling day.
> 
> > It might make a big difference as to whether or
> not the poll
> > reflects the
> > true intentions of the group.
> 
> I personally believe that personal preference
> (especially on what could be
> considered art) should not be influenced by peer
> pressure or it causes
> prejudice to some degree.
> 
> I'm really not married to it as I believe in this
> case, the best design will
> win either way, and I'm not going to get a tax rise
> depending on the result!
> 
> My only real concern is the embarrassment factor for
> a designer that gets 0
> votes. Maybe we compromise and only give the current
> top 5 candidates?
> 
> I haven't built the system yet and I'm happy to go
> with what everyone else
> thinks, secret ballot or show the current voting
> tally beside each
> submission?
> 
> Please comment on the discuss page...
>
http://discuss.webstandardsgroup.org/archives/000012.htm
> 
> > woric
> >
> > PS: Secret is bad. Big bad.
> 
> Shhh don't tell anyone!
> 
> P
> 
> 
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