Re: What does FD Mean
Sam Hartman dijo [Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 06:12:31AM -0400]:
> I'd support revising the instructions to recommend that voters rank all
> options on the ballot.
>
> I don't support mandating it.
> If someone doesn't rank an option I'd rather accept a ballot than reject
> it.
> If someone wrote a patch to warn people if they sent in a not fully
> ranked ballot, I'd also support that.
> I just prefer to accept as many votes as we can rather than
> disenfranchising people.
> But I agree that fully ranking the ballot is likely to avoid surprises.
I have always understood our provided instructions as a way to make it
impossible not to fully rank -- Only that "-" is the highest valid
digit. For an eight options ballot, [1--2----] is exactly equivalent
to [18828888] (which, yes, is the same as [13323333]) and [4321657-]
is exactly equivalent to [43216578].
I would not like to remove the expressive option of stating '-' as a
synonym to "below all other options".
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