Ordered (Ranked) selection of participants for competition?

Hello,

I am writing a form for the judges of a competition. The judges have to select 20 applicants from a list of over 100 applicants as "finalists". The applicants they select need to be ranked in order of preference from 1 to 20 with no repeat rankings. 

Do you have a suggestion for how to achieve this?

I have been trying using a variety of methods including survey tools, checkboxes, dynamic dropdown lists but I cannot seem to find something suitable.

I do not have a website to host this form, I will be sending the jotform link directly to the judges so it will be difficult for me to write some script to achieve what I need.

Thanks for your help

Hi,

I think the Orderable List Widget can do it already.

Check it here http://widgets.jotform.com/widget/orderable_list

Here is my demo jotform http://www.jotform.me/form/42812877501456

Depending on the items, the list can get too long (i.e 100 contestants will mean 100 items). A workaround to shorten the list is to hold initial voting/ranking to narrow down the list.

Hope this help. Tell us if you need further assistance.

Thanks.