ternary operator vote

[Carlos Ribeiro]

On Wednesday 12 February 2003 14:08, 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.

Carlos Ribeiro
cribeiro at mail.inet.com.br