So I've finally gotten my ballot, and now I've gotten a couple of recommendations in the mail, one from Take Forward WBAI and one from ACE/WBAI. Both are anti-JUC, which is the starting point; one of them has a big picture of Doug, which is always a plus. I was wondering if anyone knew anything about them. Because while I'm definately going to vote for the 3 people recommended by Doug, Esther Kaplan and Co:
http://doughenwood.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/wbai-elections-endorsements/
that's only 3 people and there are 9 slots. I was wondering about the math of this (having never voted in an STV election). Does it help my 3 candidates more to leave the rest of it blank? Is it helpful to the cause to vote for more than these 3? A full 9? More? And if more than 3, are these other lists good indicators?
Michael