Not only is this system, as Borda says, a system only for honest men, it is also a system only for informed men. While it's a kinda cool idea, I just don't see it gaining a lot of popular support because, well, it's hard¹. Ok, it's harder than going to the voting booth and pushing the "vote all [democrat|republican]" button. Given that that is too much trouble for a large number of people², what's going to make this appealing enough to overcome their apathy?

man, I'm gonna run out of pfennigs if this keeps up. :grin:

¹ I'm not talking about hard for you, or for me. I'm talking about the average citizen. PM ain't exactly average.
² Anyone got numbers handy on the percentage of people who vote in this country? How about broken down by age?

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