Eric Gorr <eric <at> ericgorr.net> writes:At 8:50 PM +0000 8/31/04, Rob Brown wrote: >Has anyone ever proposed such a thing?
Yes.
What do they call it? Is there any site out there which talks about it?
It's just a variant of Proxy voting.
The GVI at http://electionmethods.org/GVI.htm does what you are talking about, although it is set up around a political party.
Yes, my concern is that if you don't keep it simple (people still having it as their only option to vote for one and only one candidate)....
I don't understand what would be so complex about adding several easily recognizable names to the list. Simply pick one and have the rankings essentially auto-filled for you.
If you choose to not pick one from this list, you can do the rankings yourself. I can't imagine this would not be important for general acceptance. People will want the option even if most do not use it.
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