[OT] voting survey

[Von Fugal]

<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
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Freedom is Popular
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