>I fill out a five-nominee ballot for one category, I get five
>points for my first choice (and add on to the totals of all my
>other choices). I post one nominee for a category, and I only
>get two points for my first choice (or one, or three, whatever
>works).

The easy way around that if I only want to vote for one movie but I want it to get 5 points instead of 2 is to just go:

1. Twelve Years a Slave
2. Sharknado
3. Scary Movie 5
4. Identity Thief
5. Grown Ups 2

I'm just saying, if I want my first (and only) choice to get maximum points, there's a simple workaround.

Personally I wouldn't bother with any of that and would instead just say voters can cast between 1 and 5 votes in as many or as few categories as they want, and:

first vote = five points
second vote = four points
third vote = three points
etc.

>I think you overestimate a "populist vote" anyway. we should
>be looking to increase the votes by any means -- an exclusive
>vote (like last year, where the whims of ONE voter could have
>changed every single category's winner) is just as flawed as
>ballot box stuffing. and I don't even think the latter would
>happen.

I agree, although I'm not convinced that it's the current ballot format that's been hurting participation. Fuck it though, I'm down to try this to see what happens. This seems to be a year with a lot of well-liked, popular movies, so I'm thinking the turn out is going to be pretty good regardless.

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