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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
As I understand it that sort of voting system works by assigning second choice votes of voters whose first choice cannot win straight up to their second choice, perhaps producing a winner that would not of come in first only counting first choice votes, indeed it could produce a winner that was well down the ranking counting only first place votes? Sounds complicated and dubious for use here, with ten possible choices.
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Ranked voting isn't really that complicated. Also, you don't have to rank "every" option.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_...voting_methods
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The most common ranked voting method is instant-runoff voting (IRV), also known as the "alternative vote" or simply preferential voting, which uses voters' preferences to simulate an elimination runoff election without multiple voting events. As the votes are tallied, the option with the fewest first-choice votes is eliminated. In successive rounds of counting, the next preferred choice still available from each eliminated ballot is transferred to candidates not yet eliminated. The least preferred option is eliminated in each round of counting until there is a majority winner, with all ballots being considered in every round of counting.
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Of course, it would be nice if the forum software poll module supported it.
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