[OT] voting survey

[Shane Hathaway]

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.

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.

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).

> What do you as a voter _expect_ out of a voting process and
> infrastructure?

I expect privacy, security, simplicity, and an assurance that my vote 
will be included in the tally without modification.

> What do and/or would you as a voter dislike in a voting
> process/infrastructure?

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Shane