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Slartibartfast · 03-19-2004, 01:36 PM

I should say how I am going to tally the votes. The book with the most votes as first choice will be the winner.

In the event of a tie, I will count up the number of votes for each book as second choice, and the one with the most of those would then be the winner.

In the event of a tie, I would give the Chooser final choice between the two.

I considered giving 1st one value, 2nd another, 3rd another, and then summing up the total for each book, but I'm not a psephologist, so I really don't see the improvement in quality of choice.

If someone can explain to me that it would result in a better outcome for everyone, then sure I'll change to it.

03-19-2004, 01:36 PM	#145
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	I should say how I am going to tally the votes. The book with the most votes as first choice will be the winner. In the event of a tie, I will count up the number of votes for each book as second choice, and the one with the most of those would then be the winner. In the event of a tie, I would give the Chooser final choice between the two. I considered giving 1st one value, 2nd another, 3rd another, and then summing up the total for each book, but I'm not a psephologist, so I really don't see the improvement in quality of choice. If someone can explain to me that it would result in a better outcome for everyone, then sure I'll change to it.