What about negative votes but that are only equal to 0.4 of a positive vote? While I have no idea how this plays out with the ability to vote for multiple candidates with multiple votes
but...
If you are given only 3 candidates & one positive vote. With one candidate clearly being a bad actor - Darth Vader
Yes Vote
20% Darth Vader
20% Darth Vader
20% Mila Kunis
20% Eva Mendez
20% Mila KunisThen a minority who controlled 41% of the shares could win an election against an undecided majority.
(This could also be a minority of 20.5% in a company where only 50% were actively voting etc.)
However the majority can agree that Darth Vader should not be a delegate. So if you gave everybody one negative vote too...
Yes Vote No Vote
20% Darth Vader Mila Kunis
20% Darth Vader Mila Kunis
20% Mila Kunis Darth Vader
20% Eva Mendez Darth Vader
20% Mila Kunis Darth VaderWith negative votes that are equally weighted, the bad actor, Darth Vader doesn't win the election
The new problem it creates is that Eva Mendez wins the election
(Eva=1, Mila=0, Vader=-1) (When really Mila Kunis is the favourite of the good majority)
But if you made Negative votes worth only 0.4 of a Yes vote then the results above would now be
Mila=1.2; Eva=1; Vader=0.8So Mila Kunis wins the election. (This is fair she is the most popular choice of the good majority) Eva Mendez would come second and the Bad Actor would come last. The best result.
However the Bad Actor group would then change their No vote to Eva Mendez, so that their Bad Actor, Darth Vader at least comes second Mila=2; Vader=0.8, Eva=0.2
Still including negative votes that are lower weighted than positive votes
A) Makes it very hard for bad actors supported by a minority to win delegate positions if the majority are strongly opposed.
B) While at the same time also make it very hard for a minority to stop the most popular choice of the majority from winning the election.