Re: who should be able to vote?

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> > > > > "Wayne" == Wayne Schlitt
> > > > > "Re: who should be able to vote?"
> > > > >  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:32:02 -0600
    Wayne> In 
<NGBBLEIJOEEEBMEIAPBKEEDMHBAA(_dot_)scott(_at_)kitterman(_dot_)com> Scott
    Wayne> Kitterman <spf2(_at_)kitterman(_dot_)com> writes:
    >> The two simplest options I can think of are:
    >>
    >> 1.  One person, One vote, top 5 vote getters are elected.
    >>
    >> 2.  One person, 5 votes (for five positions), top 5 vote
    >>     getters are elected.

There is a lot to be said for each ballot to rank all of the
candidates.  See "Condorcet Voting" at, for example,
<http://electionmethods.org/index.htm>.  It is easy to conduct an
election and count the ballots if you trust the "Condorcet Internet
Voting Service" at <http://www5.cs.cornell.edu/~andru/civs/>.  The
software is GPLed and you can grab a snapshot from the site if you
want to do it yourself.  You can also play with public and private mock
elections at the CIVS site.

        jam

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