Distributed Voting: Difference between revisions

[[File:Digital ballot DV.gif|310px|thumb|DV digital ballot (gif)]]

[[File:DV paper ballot.svg|310px|thumb|DV paper ballot]]

==Ballot==

===Digital ballot===

By using self-resizing sliders it's possible to obtain simple ballot that use the cumulative vote, with 100 points to distribute. However, the ranges [0,10] can also be used for digital ballot, as described below.

===Paper ballot===

In the paper ballot is used the ranges, that are easier to understand for a voter. Ballots using ranges will be normalized to 100-point votes, and then apply the Distributed Voting procedure. Some examples of normalization:

===Real ballot===

The way to vote in Distribute Voting is, in theory, to assign 1 point to the least preferred candidate, and then assign points to the other candidates proportionally to the appreciation towards the less preferred candidate. Non-preferred (or unknown) candidates will remain with 0 points.

A vote like this: A[1] B[2] C[4] D[0] means that voter likes B 2 times A, and likes C 4 times A (or 2 times B). Vote like this: A[1] B[0] C[0] D[0] means that the voter likes only A. Both votes are then normalized to 100 points so that they have the same power.

This way of voting has no restrictions on the rating, therefore it offers the best representation of interests, but it's the most complex to understand and subject to tactical votes (in which certain candidates are awarded more points than necessary). To avoid such complexity and tactical votes, it's best to use range [0,10], by accepting a reduction in interest representation.

P = 100 (total points used in a normalized vote)

* at each [[Honesty criterion|Update Steps]] of the count, in which a candidate with points is removed, the tactical vote decreases the deviation from the honest one (the deviation is the sum of the absolute differences of the points for each candidate, between tactical and honest vote).