Preferential voting 101.

[classical_hero]

Here is a poll that has been set up by me to help explain this system of voting. This is a mock election and the people being used are just those who were President last game.
Here are the candidates.
Cheiftess. Ladies go first.
DaveShack
Sir Donald 3
Cyc
I hope that is all the Presidents from DGV.

Here is how it is going to work.
You vote for the person you want to win and then you PM me the Preferences that you want. Since there are only four candidates, then you will vote like this.
1
2
3
4
With the candidate in the order of your preference. When you are voting, please just vote randomly because I want to show how this process works. The poll is Public so that I can see who voted and if there preferences are in line with there votes in the poll. When you vote in the poll, you are voting for your first preference. After I have done this tutorial, feedback will be vital.

 

[DaveShack]

When you are voting, please just vote randomly because I want to show how this process works.

To explain this further, here's what I think is being asked for. I don't think it's going to fly with people's names due to people being worried about the result getting misinterpreted.

Don't consider this experimental mock election a true selection of who you prefer, but only as a tool to show the effects of 2nd-4th preferences on the ultimate result. I think I know what classical_hero is driving at, though doubt it will actually result in any changes.

It would be better to handle this by taking out people's names and just using something innocuous like colors.

What color do you like your civ to be?

• Green
• Red
• Blue
• Yellow

 

[thescaryworker]

Alright, I voted!

 

[YNCS]

DaveShack forever! Or until someone else is mock elected.

 

[Provolution]

Actually Civanator was the President after SD3.

 

[blackheart]

I voted in the poll, now what?

 

[YNCS]

Now you send classical_hero a PM with your preference for the four candidates in order.

In Australia they use preferential voting. CH is trying to set up a similar system for DG6. This is a dummy election for test purposes only.

 

[classical_hero]

Now you send classical_hero a PM with your preference for the four candidates in order.

In Australia they use preferential voting. CH is trying to set up a similar system for DG6. This is a dummy election for test purposes only.

Exactly.

I knew I would forget someone. Sorry Civinator.