ABIF

ABIF stands for "aggregated ballot image format". User:RobLa plans to write a proper specification for it.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Test cases

Test case 1

Unordered scores

   12: Allie/5, Billy/5, Candace/4, Dennis/3, Edith/3, Frank/2, Georgie/1, Harold/0
   7: Allie/4, Billy/0, Candace/2, Dennis/3, Edith/1, Frank/0, Georgie/5, Harold/3
   5: Allie/0, Billy/3, Candace/2, Dennis/3, Edith/4, Frank/5, Georgie/3, Harold/4

( test case above copied from reddit post by /user/jman722 ^[3])

Test case 2

Ranked counterpart to #Test case 1.

   12: Allie=Billy>Candace>Dennis=Edith>Frank>Georgie>Harold
   7: Georgie>Allie>Dennis=Harold>Candace>Edith>Billy=Frank
   5: Frank>Edith=Harold>Billy=Dennis=Georgie>Candace>Allie

Test case 3

Merged format to express both the range and the ordering:

   12: Allie/5 =Billy/5 >Candace/4 >Dennis/3 =Edith/3 >Frank/2 >Georgie/1 >Harold/0
   7: Georgie/5 >Allie/4 >Dennis/3 =Harold/3 >Candace/2 >Edith/1 >Billy/0 =Frank/0
   5: Frank/5 >Edith/4 =Harold/4 >Billy/3 =Dennis/3 =Georgie/3 >Candace/2 >Allie/0

Test case 4

Bracketed candidate tokens (inlined). Unordered scores.

   27: [Doña García Márquez]/5, [Steven B. Jensen]/2, [Sue Ye (蘇業)]/1, [Adam Muñoz]/0
   26: [Doña García Márquez]/3, [Steven B. Jensen]/5, [Sue Ye (蘇業)]/3, [Adam Muñoz]/1
   24: [Doña García Márquez]/2, [Steven B. Jensen]/1, [Sue Ye (蘇業)]/5, [Adam Muñoz]/2
   23: [Doña García Márquez]/1, [Steven B. Jensen]/0, [Sue Ye (蘇業)]/3, [Adam Muñoz]/5

Test case 5

Bracketed candidate tokens (declared). Unordered scores.

   [Doña García Márquez]: DGM
   [Steven B. Jensen]: SBJ
   [Sue Ye (蘇業)]: SY
   [Adam Muñoz]: AM
   
   27: DGM/5, SBJ/2, SY/1, AM/0
   26: DGM/3, SBJ/5, SY/3, AM/1
   24: DGM/2, SBJ/1, SY/5, AM/2
   23: DGM/1, SBJ/0, SY/3, AM/5

Test case 6

Bracketed candidate tokens (declared). Ranked and scored.

   [Doña García Márquez]: DGM
   [Steven B. Jensen]:    SBJ
   [Sue Ye (蘇業)]:        SY
   [Adam Muñoz]:          AM
   
   27: DGM/5 > SBJ/2 >  SY/1 > AM/0
   26: SBJ/5 > DGM/3 =  SY/3 > AM/1
   24:  SY/5 > DGM/2 =  AM/2 > SBJ/1
   23:  AM/5 >  SY/3 > DGM/1 > SBJ/0

Test case 7

Bracketed candidate tokens (declared). Ranked with no score.

   [Doña García Márquez]: DGM
   [Steven B. Jensen]: SBJ
   [Sue Ye (蘇業)]: SY
   [Adam Muñoz]: AM
   
   27: DGM > SBJ > SY > AM
   26: SBJ > DGM = SY > AM
   24: SY > DGM = AM > SBJ
   23: AM > SY > DGM > SBJ

Test case 8

Bracketed candidate tokens (mixed). Ranked with no score. Most extra whitespace removed.

   [Doña García Márquez]:DGM
   [Steven B. Jensen]:SBJ
   [Adam Muñoz]:AM
   
   27:DGM>SBJ>[蘇業]>AM
   26:SBJ>DGM=[蘇業]>AM
   24:[蘇業]>DGM=AM>SBJ
   23:AM>[蘇業]>DGM>SBJ

Footnotes

[EM-post-2788-1] ttp://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2021-May/002788.html

[robla-comment-reddit-2020-05-26-2] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/nkm2cd/standardizing_cardinal_ballot_notation/gzls6pj/

[reddit-post-jman722-2020-05-25-3] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/nkm2cd/standardizing_cardinal_ballot_notation/

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