approval voting

In the five weeks since the last update several features have been added to Advanced Poll module, and we are also working to improve usability and overall code quality.

New features include:

• Borda Count
• Electoral list tab
• View votes tab
• Cancellable votes

The module is undergoing rapid development so bug reports and feature requests are much appreciated.

The Advanced Poll module now supports approval voting in CVS. Approval voting is implemented by adding a "maximum choices" option for each poll. If it is set to one the poll behaves as usual and users can only vote for one option. If it is set to something else (something greater than one, or 0 for no limit) users may check off the choices that they approve of, up to whatever "maximum choices" is set to. For example, if maximum choices is set to "2" users may vote for their top two choices in a given poll.

About Advanced Poll

Hello,

(I cross-posted this message to http://www.wechange.org/node/97 . I will be updating the remote version with link, corrections, etc, so see there for updates if your read this long after I posted it).

I would like to introduce you to a php voting API that I wish to develop further and for which I'd like to create a Drupal module. It is a complementary alternative or even replacement to the Drupal voting API.

Please, don't consider having a heart attack just yet. Please, read further and decide later.

Allow me to start from the beginning...

A world of alternative voting systems

It is a sad fact that for most people, whenever they think about voting or election, they can only think about what is known as "plurality voting", the voting method whereby you can only select one choice among many. Unfortunately, this voting method is demonstrably very bad.