When the Filmspots were over, I had planned to see if you were still interested in comparing voting systems and, if so, suggest that you ask people to cast weighted preference votes in the five categories that were most closely contested on the official ballots. This, I think, would have lessened the possible confusion about the relationship of your 'official unofficial' ballot to the Filmspots. I also think it would have been less overwhelming for people to vote (again) in just a handful of categories rather than in all thirty. But you beat me to the punch.
I'm game for that. Wanna try?
Though that does bring up two obvious issues. First, if the Filmspot results are announced before the weighted preference ballots are cast, it might increase the chances of gaming by inspiring pronounced preferences. Second, by using weighted preference only on the close contests distorts the grand differences of preference the different systems will reveal.
in the past, in the after school program i teach, we have had the students vote for "leaders of the week" by using different voting systems side-by-side. it is always interesting to see how the different systems produce different results, which sometimes better illuminates what values are carrying the most importance. as the students become more comfortable with all the systems and learn to game, and understand how others are gaming, everyone basically plays the same games. great fun and great reality check.
anyway, if you (any you, but perhaps mostly pix and basil) are interested in comparing systems, maybe just have folks do the weighted preference voting in a few of the marquee categories. thoughts?