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Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote by dragonwriter on Friday September 09, 2016 @09:54AM (#12462195)
If preferences beyond the first don't mean anything to election results, the data sets produced will be garbage because people won't spend any thought on them for the most part.
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Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote by tunesmith on Friday September 09, 2016 @12:43PM (#12463864)
Yeah, I think you're right - your comment and aidenn0's below have convinced me you pretty much have to pick the counting method at the same time as introducing ranked ballots. Darn, because the IRV people have a clear marketing advantage at this point.
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