On 2010-11-04 14:06:06 -0500, Doug Freyburger said:   
   > Kathryn Huxtable wrote:   
   >>    
   >> I *strongly* like preference voting, where you rank your preferences   
   >> for the candidates in order. "None of the above" would certainly be an   
   >> option. This is the way Hugo ballots are counted. I've heard that   
   >> Australia uses preference voting as well.   
   >    
   > The system of ranking the candidates 1 through N was called the   
   > Australian system as far back as I can remember so either they do use it   
   > or they used to.   
   Well, for all *I* knew, it was called that as some sort of obscure    
   insult that I didn't get. Maybe having to do with their being in the    
   southern hemisphere, whereas most of the population of the planet is in    
   the northern.   
   But I really *don't* know.   
   Duggy?   
   -K   
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