You had me until STAR. STAR is just approval voting with extra steps, since min/maxing your ballot is the easiest way to game it, and, perhaps I’m missing something, but I have no idea how a runoff is actually supposed to stop it. Seems like a waste to give a middling score to someone I’d want in the 2nd place spot. I’m open to alternatives to RCV, but I don’t see STAR as an improvement.
You had me until STAR. STAR is just approval voting with extra steps, since min/maxing your ballot is the easiest way to game it, and, perhaps I’m missing something, but I have no idea how a runoff is actually supposed to stop it. Seems like a waste to give a middling score to someone I’d want in the 2nd place spot. I’m open to alternatives to RCV, but I don’t see STAR as an improvement.