When it comes time for the dolphins to sleep, have the dolphins sleep in designated places in a certain position corresponding to the candidate they want. To sleep facing East means they want Candidate A to be their leader. To sleep facing West means they want Candidate B to be their leader. Then have trusted individuals count the sleepers. They will wake up to their new president.
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If they can vote, they can also run as candidates, right? (Or swim, idk). I'm not sure how they would vote but I might consider voting them
Some version of single transferable vote , along with a parliamentary government system.
I believe it's a good starting point for an intelligent species to build on and develop further.
As to how would voting physically work? I guess dolphins can put things in a box. Better not to complicate on the first iteration.
Dolphins are scary smart and would figure out how to game the system:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/jul/03/research.science
Well since we have to teach them to count and they do appear to have some form of language, they could just split themselves into a line and count off.
They would need poll watchers of some kind though, to be sure the count was done fairly.
They also live in smaller communities than people do, so I wouldn't imagine this would be a great solution for a whole nation of dolphins. But it would work for a large pod.
One that put in power people who would have reconsidered drafting the conclusion magnet Tua Tagovailoa. /s
Why should we meddle in the affairs of dolphins? By suggesting or mandating a particular style of democracy, are we not undermining their right to self governance?
If we were asked for advice on how best to do it (since it should be plain to see that we know what not to do), I'd maybe propose the AMS system we use here. There's a stv system for one local representitive, then there is a list vote to fill up the rest of the seats in a proportional way.