Clearer instructions for how to handle the voting.

This was primarily based on feedback from Richard Fontana, who said the
previous instructions were unclear.

I also figured it's better to refer to third party documents on what STV is,
rather than the vague description that was here previously.
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Bradley M. Kuhn 2014-02-10 17:14:18 -05:00
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@ -8,22 +8,16 @@ function step2_do () {
$result = "<h2>Step 2/4 - Choose your vote</h2>\n";
$result .= "<p>Choose your candidates in the order of your preference by ";
$result .= "clicking on them. Don't worry, if you click on someone by mistake ";
$result .= "you can correct it later. Once you are happy with the order, ";
$result .= "submit your vote. You will have the chance to review and confirm";
$result .= "<p>Clicking on a candidate in the Candidates box adds it in order to the Prefences box.";
$result .= "If you make an incorrect selection, click on the candidate in the Preferences box, and it will move back to the Candidates box. Note: you may need to scroll down to see the Preferences box.</p>";
$result .= "Once you have a Preferences box that you like, use the button at the bottom to continue to the next step. You can review and confirm";
$result .= " your ballot on the next page.</p>";
$result .= "<p>You can vote for as few or as many candidates as you choose. ";
$result .= "Your vote will be counted for your first choice candidate as ";
$result .= "long as the candidate is still in the race, and when the candidate is eliminated, your ";
$result .= "vote will transfer to the next preference candidate still in the ";
$result .= "race.</p>";
$result .= "An <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote\">STV algorithm</a> will be used to count your votes.</p>";
$result .= "<p><noscript>Note: This page requires Javascript</noscript></p>";
$result .= "<p>Possible choices:</p>\n";
$result .= "<div class=\"canddata\">\n";
$result .= "<h3>Candidates</h3>\n";
$result .= "<ul id=\"candidates\">\n";