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		protomyth on April 26, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A “perfect” voting system The NBA draft works this way (most votes = lowest finish previous year). It has not done a good job and I think this would create riots in the streets.

kgermino on April 26, 2011 [–]

I'm sorry but how is this similar? I'm probably missing something but I don't see the connection.

protomyth on April 26, 2011 | [–]

If I understand this scheme, we put the "votes" in a box and pick a random winner from them. The NBA draft puts its "votes" (# based on finish order of bottom) and picks a random winner from them.

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