By default, in Belenios, the voter can select some number of candidates among a list, for example, she can select between 3 and 5 candidates among a list of 10 candidates, or vote blank, if blank is allowed. In order to accommodate a larger set of voting methods, Belenios now supports elections where the voters can give an order of preference or a grade to candidates. This mode is still under development hence the guidelines differ depending on the counting methods:
- guidelines for Majority Judgment, where voters give a grade to each candidate
- guidelines for Condorcet, where voters rank candidates
- guidelines for other counting methods, where voters typically also rank candidates but the winners are determined with other counting methods.