I propose that we nominate and vote in a board of directors who can vote on all the little stuff for us, and we (the greater membership) only have to vote on board-shattering issues. Who's with me?

I think we should try preferential voting for JUST these two issues, and then we should do our damnedest to make yes/no questions in the future.

If my not-really-a-vote counts, I'm with . . . . everyone who said this.

I like John's table, and Jon's suggestion that we try it this once and see how it goes. My gut tells me the discussion is way more complicated than the reality will prove to be.

I saw majority, wished for plurality (and I think I mentioned it at some point) but preferred majority over supermajority anyway so I went with it. In retrospect we could have been clearer.

I'm with the try it once - then decide whether we ever do it again.

My gut tells me the discussion is way more complicated than the reality will prove to be.

I agree. The nitty-gritty might be complex, but we all (or most of us) either do our taxes every year or pay someone to do it, and this is NOTHING like that.

I understood majority as greater than 50%.

Ditto. I'm saying that to Hec a lot these days.

Do it or not. I am not for preferential voting because like Jesse, I know the one true answer. So can I NOT rank it past my number one?

When it comes to non-USian voting, I prefer cumulative voting (which is what I do in my class). Allow people to vote for more than one, but then also allow them to place more than one vote. So I get 5 votes but I can either spread them evenly (in the I-don't-care model where everything is fine with me) or I can stack 5 votes on a single choice. Or I can split 3 and 2.

Long live Lani Guinier!

We won't have a revote on whether or not to vote because it's been decided and my understanding is you need a 6 month wait before we redo any of it.

I am not for preferential voting because like Jesse, I know the one true answer. So can I NOT rank it past my number one?

If not, the rest of my choices will be more or less random, and let the chips fall where they may.

So I get 5 votes but I can either spread them evenly (in the I-don't-care model where everything is fine with me) or I can stack 5 votes on a single choice. Or I can split 3 and 2.

I find that almost too hard when I'm filling out my Working Assets ballot! It would totally stress me out here.

Jesse, I'm not really recommending it. In honesty, I'd prefer it over preferential voting for the exact reason that past choice one, it doesn't matter anymore to me. I am usually the voter who wants what I want. Period.

To me, cumulative voting is a much easier way to gain that consensus feel because people who feel strongy about it register exactly how strongly they feel.

I'm pretty sure Jon won't force you to rank anything past your first vote.

But we can ask him tomorrow when he's off work.

I'm pretty sure Jon won't force you to rank anything past your first vote.

That's certainly been proposed. You can vote 1 for the one you like and make no other votes, if you want.