Let me respond to certain points here and justify my reasoning for parts of my proposal.
Not for anything Bass, but given that the mafia can get about 1/3 votes for three different people based on agreements between them, and if people truly voted at random for the third spot there, then the mafia would get 3/5 council spots (because each of the aska/veed/zerowing/me would get 1/4 vote per boardwalk person). Seems to me that is highly counterproductive.
First of all, I am not asking people to pick the last spot in random necessarily. I am merely stating that since some people will find one group of leadership to be more trustworthy than the other, then they should give more weight to that particular group when casting their ballot. Though I suppose you are right in that naming two different people for each such group isn't a good idea, so perhaps one person instead (ie just Veedrock for me and you for LN).
And yes, if every villager does this, then both LN, myself, and one of those two will almost be guaranteed to be on the council if every villager votes (assuming that the boardwalk is the majority, of course).
Now obviously I would prefer to get on the council but I would rather villagers in general were voted on than that we split our vote between potentially SIX candidates. One of you and LN needs to figure out who is leading, and the other needs to step down.
If you read the OP, then you would know that the true purpose of the five person council is to give more than one person the opportunity to lead. This is a very reasonable task given that villagers can nominate three people instead of just one. Additionally, both LN and I have different ideas on how to lead, and to be honest, even though LN (illegally) posted his role PM, nobody is 100% clean at this point, myself included. However, I think given the circumstances, at least one of us likely is, so therefore we should both be on the council.
At BEST we will end up with one man from each mafia on the council with your plan, and if even one of those people are also mafia, the mafia would also have a majority.
No plan, no matter how you slice it, will guarantee that the mafia will not have the majority, so what you are saying is a moot point honestly. Since more than one person wants to lead, if we fight it out and urge people to vote for one group and NOT the other, then the villagers will be too split up in their votes and thus, that would increase the chances of a mafia majority, assuming both LN and I are village. Finally, if every villager includes both LN and myself on the ballot, then it will be easier to determine which council members were NOT elected by the village (again, assuming every villager follows instructions). In a nutshell, I think that while we should allow multiple people to lead, we must at least make sure the village ballot is as uniform as possible for the reasons stated above.
Finally, with all of that said, I would like to make one important point, particularly in regards to claiming roles. LN can choose to lead the way he wants, but I do not think publicly claiming your role is a good idea because it will put you in danger if your alias gets inspected. Case in point, in the previous 2v1 game (Absolution), I was allied with one of the mafia, and Brain fully disclosed his role to me (completely unaltered). While he never posted with nor revealed his alias, we managed to inspect one with the same exact role as the one he had given out, and after that he did not last very long. Thus, while it might be a good idea to give a vague description of your role in certain cases, it is best not to reveal too much, or you might be putting your life in danger. This is especially critical for anyone who wants to step up and lead.
EDIT: tldr, the revised ballot should be like this:
Bass
LonelyNess
UncleSam (if you prefer LN) / Veedrock (if you prefer me)
