Some of the polls that members create in this forum are very thought provoking and fun, and some are also frustrating because they only allow each of us only one vote. For example, in the polls for "Best newcomer in 2012" or "Who has the best (fill in the blank)?," it's so hard to have to pick only one. Why not have a kind of poll where we can cast multiple votes with more "points" going to our favorite, with a schedule of declining "poll points" going to our second place, third place, etc.?

I hope this is not too much trouble, but the number-crunching involved would be a piece of cake for the computer. I would like to see a schedule of declining points for these tough decisions as follows:

First choice gets 10 "poll points."
Second choice gets 7 points.
Third choice gets 5 points.
Fourth choice gets 3 points.
Fifth choice gets 1 "poll point."
An important aspect of this schedule is that the largest gap is between first and second place.

If allowing each voter to cast some kind of vote for as many as five girls is way too complicated, a simpler schedule could be 5 points for first choice, 3 for second, and 1 for third place.

If implemented, I believe this system would both make the voting more fun and the results more meaningful. But as with everything we want, it's more work for Totem.

Yes, please. Being able to rank all the contestants in a poll would be ideal. Presently, I do this for some polls where members list their choices, using Excel. Would be nice to have the voting program do the tabulating.

I like the idea of being able to vote multiple ways, it would make at least some of the polling easier, but it's a big ask. You're expecting a dedicated member(s) of the team to, possibly, put in a lot of hours to create a voting system... after all, I'm here to watch pretty, naked girls not file my tax returns...;)

I like the idea, but starting slow with a top 3, vs 5, might give me enough time away from the pretty, naked girls to do my taxes!

Taxes, what's that? Let's have a better voting system!! :)
Making the number of voting options customisable would be nice too.
Maybe best to post this in the 'new ideas needed' thread by Rex though.