> Ranking requires far less brain power than a rating system would. Rating is simpler than ranking in every way we can measure, from rates of ballot spoilage,

> Ranking requires far less brain power than a rating system would. Rating is simpler than ranking in every way we can measure, from rates of ballot spoilage, to average time taken to complete a ballot. https://medium.com/election-science/star-voting-is-simpler-than-irv-84b8990986f2 https://medium.com/election-science/star-voting-is-simpler-t... https://www.rangevoting.org/Complexity https://www.rangevoting.org/Complexity Most obviously, ranking is effectively a bubble sort, О(n^2), whereas rating is just two passes: 1. Get the max and min. 2. Normalize, thus O(n). And Approval Voting, technically rating on a 0-1 binary scale, is arguably even simpler than the status quo.