Proportional 3RD (3-rating delegated) voting: Difference between revisions
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* Votes are tallied for each pair of candidates X and Y, to see what portion of ballots that rate X "Good" will rate Y at least "OK". |
* Votes are tallied for each pair of candidates X and Y, to see what portion of ballots that rate X "Good" will rate Y at least "OK". |
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** A ballot that rates N different candidates "good" only counts as 1/N in each of these tallies. |
** A ballot that rates N different candidates "good" only counts as 1/N in each of these tallies. |
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*** In settings where ballots may be hand-counted, there may be rules limiting each ballot to rate no more than a certain number of candidates as "good", and rules for approximate counting of ballots that rate too many candidates as "good". |
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** For example, suppose that there were three candidates: X, Y, and Z. If the three ballots were "Good, OK, Bad", "Good, Good, Bad", and "Good, Bad, Good", then the XY tally would be 1+.5+.5=2 X, votes of which 1+.5=1.5 rate Y at least OK. |
** For example, suppose that there were three candidates: X, Y, and Z. If the three ballots were "Good, OK, Bad", "Good, Good, Bad", and "Good, Bad, Good", then the XY tally would be 1+.5+.5=2 X, votes of which 1+.5=1.5 rate Y at least OK. |
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