Dickie,
Never heard of the pareto vote process.
If you want to know about pareto charts, the 80/20 rule, it's statistical origins etc, then please ask away.
If you want to know about voting processes that can be used in "quality" generally, then ask away.
From a decision point of view Pareto operates like Kev said. It tells you what the big chunks are that will give you the biggest bang if you fix 'em (problem solving application - it can be used in many ways, depending on what you're after).
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