user13160: I appreciate that there is the option to up-vote answers, but I would also like to be able to choose more than one answer as the "this helped me most". I realize that the idea of "most" would not be honoured in the strict sense that governs competition, but in this context... maybe we could move beyond it ? 
if the concern is that it should be done sparingly, perhaps there can be a "cost" to the "asker". 
In some situations where I ask a group of people to vote for something I do not give them one vote each, but rather 5 votes each. I tell them they can allot the votes as a block, or in pieces. This results in a clearer picture when I add up the votes. It also leads to people having a higher sense of ownership in the final outcome. 
thank you for considering. 

user254: The current software doesn't permit it, so that would be a new feature request.
I don't know whether Stack Exchange developers or product managers read this Meta site, or whether you must post any feature-request on the main http://meta.stackexchange.com site instead.
Beware that I fear that, no matter how good your suggestion is, I think it's unlikely to be accepted for implementation -- see for example my answers to previous feature-request topics:

https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2082/254
https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/a/314/254
https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1845/254


13160: <p>I appreciate that there is the option to up-vote answers, but I would also like to be able to choose more than one answer as the "this helped me most". I realize that the idea of "most" would not be honoured in the strict sense that governs competition, but in this context... maybe we could move beyond it ? </p>

<p>if the concern is that it should be done sparingly, perhaps there can be a "cost" to the "asker". </p>

<p>In some situations where I ask a group of people to vote for something I do not give them one vote each, but rather 5 votes each. I tell them they can allot the votes as a block, or in pieces. This results in a clearer picture when I add up the votes. It also leads to people having a higher sense of ownership in the final outcome. </p>

<p>thank you for considering. </p>
 254: <p>The current software doesn't permit it, so that would be a new feature request.</p>

<p>I don't know whether Stack Exchange developers or product managers read this Meta site, or whether you must post any feature-request on the main <a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com">http://meta.stackexchange.com</a> site instead.</p>

<p>Beware that I fear that, no matter how good your suggestion is, I think it's unlikely to be accepted for implementation -- see for example my answers to previous feature-request topics:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2082/254">https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2082/254</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/a/314/254">https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/a/314/254</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1845/254">https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1845/254</a></li>
</ul>
