On 2010-11-04 16:19:41 -0500, Lance Corporal \"Hammer\" Schultz said:   
   > 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.   
   Well, whatever we call it, I like it. And of course we should be using    
   computers, though I like the idea of a paper trail in case something    
   goes haywire. (As it tends to.)   
   -K   
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