On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 19:06:06 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   It's called single transferable vote and also called the Hare-Clark   
   method.  As long as you're using computers, it would seem to be vastly   
   preferable to runoffs.   
      
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