There are voting systems where candidates receive variable points according to how high you've ranked them, eg.
"In Nauru, a distinctive formula is used based on increasingly small fractions of points. Under the system a candidate receives 1 point for a first preference, ½ a point for a second preference, ⅓ for third preference, and so on."
Which is not quite what you were asking (there is no elimination, just a one-off count) but going in the same sort of direction.
The real answer I suspect is that it's felt the principle of (vote = 1) is too important to let go of.
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Date: 2011-04-13 10:52 am (UTC)"In Nauru, a distinctive formula is used based on increasingly small fractions of points. Under the system a candidate receives 1 point for a first preference, ½ a point for a second preference, ⅓ for third preference, and so on."
Which is not quite what you were asking (there is no elimination, just a one-off count) but going in the same sort of direction.
The real answer I suspect is that it's felt the principle of (vote = 1) is too important to let go of.