Can a voting method be anonymous?
A natural way to rule out these types of voting methods is to require that a voting method is anonymous:
- the group decision should depend only on the number of voters that chose each ballot
This means that if two profiles are permutations of each other, then
a voting method that is anonymous must assign the same group decision to both profiles.
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Multivoting Procedure
Materials needed:Flipchart or whiteboard, marking pens, 5-10 slips of paper for each individual, and pen or pencil for each individual..
1) Display the list of options. Combine duplicate items.
Affinity diagramscan be useful to organize large numbers of ideas and eliminate duplication and overlap.
List reduction may also be useful.
2) Number (or let.
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When to Use Multivoting
After brainstormingor some other expansion tool has been used to generate a long list of possibilities
Choosing a candidate other than preferred to undercut a less desired one
Strategic voting, also called tactical voting, sophisticated voting or insincere voting, occurs in voting systems when a voter votes for a candidate or party other than their sincere preference to prevent an undesirable outcome.
For example, in a simple plurality election, a voter might gain a better outcome by voting for a less preferred but more generally popular candidate.
