yeah ive def voted in a ranked choice election with way too many candidates. it was super annoying researching all of them, even after filtering out the republicans. i think having more parties would make that much easier though. it would also be super helpful if there was an easily accessible database the candidates were required to fill out in order to qualify for running. make them enter basic background info, a blurb on a number of major policy positions, party affiliation, endorsements, that kind of thing. would make it much easier to filter out candidates.

i dont know about those other methods, ill have to read up on them. honestly anything that makes more than 2 parties work would be acceptable to me.