Also, did we ever figure out what would happen if "no preference" got a majority?

This:

>the choice with the majority of the votes outside the "no preferences" still wins."

would still apply.

Couldn't hurt. I can't do clever, but something like, "Buffista ballots include the "no preference" option because some people may want to vote on one or more issues on a ballot, but not care about others. In addition, we have a quorum of 42 votes required for a ballot to count, so some people vote "no preference" just to ensure we don't fall short of that. "No preference" votes aren't counted as either yeses or nos, and the choice with the majority of the votes outside the "no preferences" still wins."

That sounds good, although (and I learned this in the hardest of ways) you really mean "most votes" rather than (the current definition of) "majority."

Also, did we ever figure out what would happen if "no preference" got a majority?

It's not an issue. Say we have 100 people vote on this ballot, and for question #1, 90 vote "no-preference", 6 vote "no", and 4 vote "yes". The "no" votes win. There were still 42 or more votes on the issue. Of those votes that expressed an opinion, more were saying "no" than were saying "yes".

Law Speak.

That sounds good, although (and I learned this in the hardest of ways) you really mean "most votes" rather than (the current definition of) "majority."

If there's only two choices outside of the No Preferences, then "most votes" is the same thing as "majority". t /pedant

Oh, hey, I was wondering what happened to CheeseButt. Cool.

If there's only two choices outside of the No Preferences, then "most votes" is the same thing as "majority".

Only if by 'majority' you mean "majority of non-'no preference' votes, rather than majority of votes cast.

Right, what billytea said. It's an issue, because we're addressing how the "no preference" works anyhow (in that is counted toward mvt).

Of course, if the English speaking world would follow my lead, and reclaim the "archaic" (but still frigging useful) definition of majority, we'd not have this problem. t sniff

Only if by 'majority' you mean "majority of non-'no preference' votes, rather than majority of votes cast.

Cindy was referring to Lyra Jane's post which said

"No preference" votes aren't counted as either yeses or nos, and the choice with the majority of the votes outside the "no preferences" still wins."

I still think it's safer to say "most votes" there, rather than "majority".

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Okay, and one more question before we put something in Press; what happens if someone reads about Angel Previously and No Preference and says, "hey, I voted wrong!" Can they revote, or do they just have to suck it up?