I think even that's going too far, Jon.
A lot of people weren't considering voting systems or ballots with more than one cholce on them at all. Or they might be happy with lots of runoffs.
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John H - Mar 04, 2003 2:32:51 pm PST #6752 of 10001
John H - Mar 04, 2003 2:34:03 pm PST #6753 of 10001
There is one issue on which the first ballot was unclear for a substantial portion of voters.
Clearing that up will be a Good Thing.
Jon B. - Mar 04, 2003 2:34:43 pm PST #6754 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
You're assuming that people will be more or less evenly divided among the three choices, which doesn't have to be the case.
True, but you don't know that going in, so you need a system ahead of time to deal with that (somewhat likely) contingency.
Jon B. - Mar 04, 2003 2:35:48 pm PST #6755 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Edit to "will either have to vote preferentially or have one or more runoff elections".
Fair enough. I will edit.
Anathema - Mar 04, 2003 2:36:58 pm PST #6756 of 10001
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How many Buffistas does it take to make a vote count?
Is it me, or did anyone immeadiately wonder how many Buffistas it takes to change a light bulb?
And, John, now I understand what you meant about not wanting to bring something up unless you know it can be voted upon. That makes sense.
However, I could say that just bringing something up in here is no assurance it's going to be voted upon anytime in the next decade.
PaulJ - Mar 04, 2003 2:36:58 pm PST #6757 of 10001
True, but you don't know that going in, so you need a system ahead of time to deal with that (somewhat likely) contingency.
Well, but that's exactly what my vote proposal was about, wasn't it? The vote that I proposed meant implicitly: "in the event of 3 or more choices, would you mind if the most voted choice was the winner?" (And if yo do mind, pick one of the other two).
Jessica - Mar 04, 2003 2:37:26 pm PST #6758 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Is it me, or did anyone immeadiately wonder how many Buffistas it takes to change a light bulb?
That's in the FAQ.
Jesse - Mar 04, 2003 2:38:24 pm PST #6759 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
i.e. (A) means that in the rare cases where a ballot question has more than two choices, you will have to vote preferentially (and I still promise to write up a clear explanation of the system).
It doesn't mean that, though. People could say that something should win ONLY if it's the MAJORITY of people's first choice. If votes are more evenly spread, nothing happens.
Trudy Booth - Mar 04, 2003 2:40:59 pm PST #6760 of 10001
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Jon B. - Mar 04, 2003 2:41:21 pm PST #6761 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
People could say that something should win ONLY if it's the MAJORITY of people's first choice. If votes are more evenly spread, nothing happens.
Oh Jesse! Always making things complicated! ;)
Paul - Is that what you meant? Because I'm still not understanding how your (1) is exclusive of (3).