We're not simply counting the number of votes. If I'm not mistaken, the ranking of each vote is also taken into account because the final results will be calculated using the
Instant-runoff voting method.
I am not sure about the method to count the votes. I guess @icopress should clarify if the order of the voting does matter or not. Misunderstanding on this could surely cause a lot of drama!
Two years ago, this was also brough to attention due to a note in my vote saying "
not in particular order"
while the OP had a hidden note saying "
IRV", but edited-out afterwards.
Here's icopress' reply that clarified it:
The numbering is not important. Simply select 5 pizzas of your choice (or less).
You can read the thread's previous pages for the full context.
This is what I remembered and this is why I was so surprised when this thing resurfaced again.
I think such an important statement for n how voting is actually counted should be put in big evidence in the op.
This would make voting 1,3,3,4,5 even more strange.