#2225: Voting Referendum

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[A voting ballot is shown with an underlined header and 10 different options below with different boxes/buttons next to each choice. Some are empty, some are marked/checked or numbered.]

Which voting system should we use?

  • [Empty radio button]: First past the post
  • [Empty radio button]: Top-two primary
  • [Filled radio button]: Louisiana primary
  • [Three radio buttons in a row, first two filled]: Cumulative voting
  • [Checked box]: Approval voting
  • [Checked box]: Multiple non-transferrable vote
  • [Box marked]: 3: Instant runoff voting
  • [box marked]: 1: Single transferrable vote
  • [box marked]: 2: Borda count
  • [Slider with value slightly below half]: Range voting

[Caption below the panel:]

The referendum went well, but we can't figure out how to count the ballots.


(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

The weirdest quirk of the Borda count is that Jean-Charles de Borda automatically gets one point; luckily this has no consequences except in cases of extremely low turnout.

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