You’ve got two choices: 1) saltine or 2) Ritz. Only one of these will be given out to all at the end.
Everyone is free to say they want something else, such as chips, cookies, or candy, but those choices will not get them what they’d prefer between 1 or 2 above. If there ends up being 100 votes for Saltines, and 120 for the Ritz, guess what everybody’s getting? It’s not hard to figure out and then it’ll be too late for the 50 people to pine over really having preferred the Saltines after the fact.
Excellent analogy! I especially like the part about being free to say they want something else. ;-)
that's the American way. :))