One way of handling a lot of candidates without too much inconvenience to voters or over-drastic pruning based on the primary would be to reward the candidates who did well in the primary with a more prominent, easy for voters to find, position on the finals ballot paper. Their names could be nearer the top and/or in bigger print, maybe even in a separate group labelled "Performed well in the Primary". That way if a lot of voter opinion has changed since the primary then a candidate that did badly there can still win, but if not most voters can more easily find on the ballot the names of the candidates they wish to rank above equal bottom. Chris B.