ternary operator vote

[Bengt Richter]

On 12 Feb 2003 11:08:05 -0500, aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote:

>In article <yu99heb9lfuo.fsf at europa.research.att.com>,
>Andrew Koenig  <ark at research.att.com> wrote:
>>
>>Electionmethods.org argues at some length that allowing votes other
>>than "yes" and "no" without otherwise changing the system does not
>>make the system more fair in any useful sense.  As an alternative,
>>it proposes "Condorcet voting", which allows people to vote by
>>rank ordering rather than just yes/no.
>
>While technically accurate, because this isn't *just* a vote in the
>traditional sense, but more like a poll, I believe that using
>YES/NO/ABSTAIN produces more information, so that people can vote for
>proposals they like, against proposals they hate, and skip the others.
+1

Regards,
Bengt Richter