Quoting Barak A. Pearlmutter (2021-04-20 16:12:16) > Maybe looking at options 7/8 wasn't the best example, both because of > perceived differences and because FD plays a special role. > But with all the ballots we can find a bunch of votes that do seem to > not use the full power of the ballot in ways that do seem a bit > counterintuitive. > Have a look for yourself, it's a fun exercise. > A large number of voters stop ranking when they get to FD. I'm not > sure why, but in many cases this renders their ballot pretty much > powerless because options with a chance of winning are not ranked. > > The details are very interesting, but any discussion of the actual > options leads back to discussing the topic of the GR proper, so I > really don't want to go there.
I appreciate this topic being brought up - it has affected my voting style: Previously I thought that my voting powers stopped at FD. I don't think it makes sense to change the system to mandate use of all voting power. Maybe it makes sense to e.g. add a friendly notice in the voting confirmation email when not all voting power is used. But there is already a lot of text surrounding a vote, so such noticemight commonly be missed. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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