Ballots are not art forms, or sticker books, They are your judge's best efforts at helping you learn from the performance. Judges will include both criticism and praise and make efforts to articulate reasons for decisions. Judges are after all, human. Tournament administrators will follow standard tabbing procedures, announced in the invitation. This is particularly important in final placement.
Consistency is paramount.
A typical ballot in this new paradigm reflects more detail than ballots currently used. While it may seem cumbersome at the outset, the ballot clearly sets out parameters that lay judges can follow as well as a professional. This ballot asks a judge to look at performance from both a technical and an artistic perspective. It increases judge attention to one of the few rules in an event, the time factor, but allows some flexibility even there. Note that these are designed as general interp and public address ballots.