I think HP should be white fonted in the general threads for at least one month - which would coincide with the re-closing of the BBC thread.
Mal: That's not what I saw. You like to tell me what really happened? Book: I surely would. And maybe someday I will.
'Safe'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
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le nubian - Jul 16, 2007 11:33:58 am PDT #9875 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
esse - Jul 16, 2007 3:45:55 pm PDT #9876 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I'm willing to consense on this issue (HP7 spoiling in the Zombie Book Club Thread, no whitefont, till 4 weeks after hardcover release in the US), but once we've done so, I advocate that somebody do a linky announce what we've consensed in the Annoucements thread.
Nutty speaketh for me.
beekaytee - Jul 16, 2007 4:05:01 pm PDT #9877 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Adding my support for the Nutty consense.
JenP - Jul 16, 2007 4:50:11 pm PDT #9878 of 10001
As do I.
Kathy A - Jul 16, 2007 6:22:35 pm PDT #9879 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Me too!
JenP - Jul 16, 2007 6:50:24 pm PDT #9880 of 10001
I'm suddenly obsessed with how No Preference actually tends to play out, but it's pretty tangential to the Lightbulbs discussion, so I'll ask here. For a Yes or No vote to win, does it need 50% +1 of the total votes, including No Preference (if that's on the ballot), or 50% +1 of just the Yes/No votes even if there are NP votes?
So if:
NP=14, Y=14, N=15 --- does that mean N wins? Or would Y or N (or NP, for that matter) need at least 22 to win?
Kat - Jul 16, 2007 6:56:17 pm PDT #9881 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
In practice, it's been 50%+1 of the yes/no votes. In fact, on the second item here Jesse "Sunnydale Press" Jul 2, 2007 6:10:09 pm PDT the winning choice and no preference are identical. It seems that lots of people vote no preference for whatever reason, maybe to help get quorum, maybe to be present, but the net result is that a relative small number of votes (and not 50%) wins.
This actually bugs me enough that I may propose that we stop allowing or having no preference. Or at least make it 50% +1 of ALL votes, not just the votes with content.
Nutty - Jul 16, 2007 7:01:11 pm PDT #9882 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
"A simple majority vote is sufficient to enact changes for any issue brought up for vote." (Press #367) "Simple majority" means 50%+1. This may result in the need for runoff votes or other strategies, depending on how ballots are written.
Votes of "no preference" count toward this Minimum Voter Turnout. (Press #415)
The linkies in question lead me to believe that not getting 50% +1 means taking no action, and is equivalent to a No vote (if the question was formulated in a yes/no format). Other interpretations?
Laura - Jul 16, 2007 7:01:49 pm PDT #9883 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Apparently we voted on this.. Nilly "Sunnydale Press" Mar 9, 2003 1:04:42 am PST
Option 1: An option which receives more than 50% of the vote wins: 57 votes (57%).
Option 2: Whichever option has the most votes wins: 43 votes (43 %).
Which doesn't actually make it clear. And since it is way past my sleepy time I hope y'all figure it out while I dream.
JenP - Jul 16, 2007 7:09:03 pm PDT #9884 of 10001
I am kind of chagrined that I haven't realized that before. But if the MVT is 42, yet only 15 votes can carry the day, that seems off to me. I'd say it should be 50% +1 of all votes, too. I don't know from voting theory or whatever, so I'm open to hearing why or why not that's... I hesitate to use this word... fair.
ETA: I'll go back and read the links provided above, too.