What is the problem?
If an STV election limits the number of candidates you can vote for to the number of seats, the drag and drop UI will still let you rank more than that number of candidates. When you submit your vote, any excess ranked candidates are ignored.
It might be better from a UX perspective to prevent the user from ranking more candidates than they are allowed. The old interface did this.
Steps to reproduce problem
- Create an STV election: In the Questions section check the "Limit input to number of seats" and make sure the number of seats is fewer than the number of options.
- Vote on the election: rank more candidates than there are seats.
- Submit vote: see excess ranked candidates ignored.
Environment
Wiki(s): https://vote.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org SecurePoll 3.0.0 (13b4755) 08:06, 16 May 2025.
Screenshots
Election setup:
Voting for more than the limit of candidates:
Vote summary, showing excess votes ignored:
