Simmons, Forest wrote: > Dan Bishop wrote ... > > "How about making it less stealthy by including the candidates' > orderings? A row of the ballot would look something like this: > > [ ] HOWARD DEAN (Democratic Party) > Bob Graham, John Kerry, John Edwards, Wesley Clark" > > I ask, > > what if each candidate could sponsor up to three orders? > > [ ] Joe (only) > [ ] Joe, Jane, Jill, Jack, Jim > [ ] Joe, Jill, Jane, Jim, Jack
For that matter, why limit list sponsorship to candidates? The ballot could look something like this: ************ STATE OF TEXAS ************ ************ OFFICIAL BALLOT ************ U.S. House of Representatives ----------------------------------------- Either choose an ordering of candidates from the LISTS section OR rank the candidates in the CANDIDATES section. -------------- LISTS -------------- To choose a list, mark the box next to it. You may vote for only ONE list. [ ] REPUBLICAN PARTY John Carter, Randy Neugebauer, Tom Delay, Joe Barton [ ] DEMOCRATIC PARTY Sheila Jackson Lee, Al Green, Charlie Gonzales, Eddie Johnson, ... [ ] AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION Sheila Jackson Lee, Eddie Johnson, Charlie Gonzales, Rubén Hinojosa, ... [ ] FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL Tom Delay, John Culberson, Sam Johnson, Louie Gohmert, ... [ ] LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS Lloyd Doggett, Eddie Johnson, Sheila Jackson Lee, ... Charlie Gonzales [ ] NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Tom Delay, Henry Bonilla, Pete Sessions, Kay Granger ... -------------- CANDIDATES -------------- Write an "A" in the box next to your favorite candidate, a "B" next to your second-favorite candidate, a "C" next to your third-favorite candidate, etc. You may rank as many candidates as you wish. [ ] Louie Gohmert [ ] Ted Poe [ ] Sam Johnson [ ] Ralph Hall ... ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info