Confusing description of score voting (aka range voting)

I just saw this problem: http://davidnielsen.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/i-voted-fesco2008/

I'll
bet that would not have happened if the instructions were to rate the
candidates from 0-10.* The point about giving as many score options as
candidates is confusing, and of trivial value.* Even a 1-5 rating would
be more than sufficiently expressive.* People just have to accept that
with score voting, you can't necessarily specify every ranking between
the candidates.* The Bayesian regret still comes out great.

Please see => http://rangevoting.org/Why99.html

Also, we at the Center for Range Voting would like to analyze anonymous ballot data if possible, as part of our ongoing scientific research into voting methods.* These elections are particularly significant because they were contentious.* We can't get score voting implemented in real government elections if we can't start by citing real world examples of its use in contentious elections, and so we'd greatly appreciate access to that data.


Regards,
Clay Shentrup
San Francisco, CA

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On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:37 PM, CLAY S <clay@brokenladder.com> wrote:
> (resending this since i'm not sure it originally went through - i didn't
> receive it.)

I saw it the first time. Just an FYI. I talked to a couple in
#fedora-admin already about that blog post in an effort to jump start
a discussion about changing the UI to reduce confusion. I was told to
expect a mock up today with UI improvements. I'll make sure they see
your message(s) as well.

-jef"not as noisy as seth's blasted voip phone"spaleta

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awesome.* thanks!

are they allowing abstentions?* e.g.

http://rangevoting.org/WhyHalf.html

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 14:44, Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:37 PM, CLAY S <clay@brokenladder.com> wrote:


> (resending this since i'm not sure it originally went through - i didn't

> receive it.)



I saw it the first time. *Just an FYI. I talked to a couple in

#fedora-admin already about that blog post in an effort to jump start

a discussion about changing the UI to reduce confusion. *I was told to

expect a mock up today with UI improvements. *I'll make sure they see

your message(s) as well.



-jef"not as noisy as seth's blasted voip phone"spaleta



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