If someone knows they're going to be without internet access during a vote, can the person vote ahead of time, or did we just decide that sometimes, you're out of town, and don't vote?
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Topic!Cindy - Aug 18, 2005 9:53:16 am PDT #5396 of 10001
What is even happening?
Laura - Aug 18, 2005 9:58:19 am PDT #5397 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I don't see why the person couldn't drop a note to the vote counter in advance. Absentee voting makes sense.
JenP - Aug 18, 2005 10:00:17 am PDT #5398 of 10001
Absentee voting makes sense.
Says the woman from Florida.
(oh, come on... someone was gonna go there)
Also, I'd think that could be allowable. I mean, it'd still be one vote/one Buffista.
-t - Aug 18, 2005 10:01:59 am PDT #5399 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I only see a problem with that if the ballot was somehow very complicated. I don't know that that's a real concern, the ballots I can remember have been clear and straightforward.
Jon B. - Aug 18, 2005 10:06:22 am PDT #5400 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The only theoretical problem (which I don't think will apply in this case) is that the wording of the ballot is not finalized until just before voting starts.
-t - Aug 18, 2005 10:48:58 am PDT #5401 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
As long as the note to the vote counter is clear how the voter would fill out the ballot, however it's worded, that shouldn't be a problem. I'm inclined to leave that to the vote counter's discretion.
DXMachina - Aug 19, 2005 4:25:19 am PDT #5402 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Moved to BBaBB.
Sean K - Aug 20, 2005 6:38:11 am PDT #5403 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
(Moved from BBaBB++)
Okay, I think I'd like to make a proposal for a vote after this one, and either it flies or it doesn't....
I'm not anti-proliferation per se, but it seems to me that any time before the second season of a show has started, and shown it can continue to generate interested posts from Buffista viewers, is just too soon to actually create a thread, no matter how shiny some group of us think it is early on.
To that end, I think I would propose that no new show thread can be suggested and voted upon until ten episodes into its second season. (And as they've both proven capable of creating non-starters, I'm inclined to include even Joss and Tim shows in there, but I'm not married to that part of the proposal).
Now, I misremember, is it too soon to propose while another discussion is going on? If so, I can withdraw the proposal for the moment.
Otherwise, any seconds?
NoiseDesign - Aug 20, 2005 6:38:55 am PDT #5404 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Sean, by that criteria Firefly never would have gotten a thread.
Jessica - Aug 20, 2005 6:40:07 am PDT #5405 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think we have to wait until after the current vote has ended, but I'll second in advance.