OK the plurals there are making me hate it.
How about "an option has to get more than fifty percent of the vote to win" and "whichever option gets the most votes wins".
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Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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John H - Mar 04, 2003 3:03:09 pm PST #6788 of 10001
Sophia Brooks - Mar 04, 2003 3:04:36 pm PST #6789 of 10001
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Nope, that is a good idea John.
So
What did you think a "simple majority" meant at the time you voted?
Choice 1:Only options that get more than fifty percent of the vote win (even if there are three or more choices)
Choice 2: Whichever option have the most votes wins (even if there are three or more choices)
Now, as Burrell has asked (several times) is this a Poll or a vote?
OK.
PaulJ - Mar 04, 2003 3:06:43 pm PST #6790 of 10001
Were there really people who believed this? That is there were three choices that received 40%, 35%, and 25%, that no action would be taken?
I have seen it suggested by at least one person, way upthread. I think it was DavidS, but don't quote me on that.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 04, 2003 3:07:03 pm PST #6791 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
What did you think a "simple majority" meant at the time you voted?
Choice 1: An option which recieves more than 50 % of the vote wins.
Choice 2: Whichever option has the most votes wins
§ ita § - Mar 04, 2003 3:07:19 pm PST #6792 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wait -- what if everyone who voted for a simple majority thought it was a) and everyone who voted against thought it was b)?
John H - Mar 04, 2003 3:08:18 pm PST #6793 of 10001
Thanks Sophia, but do we even need to remind people that there may be three or more choices?
Are we obliged to do that, because it won't occur to people that it (possibly) changes things?
Sophia Brooks - Mar 04, 2003 3:08:28 pm PST #6794 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh my Gosh, ita.
Hmmm. Are we only polling the yes votes?
Connie Neil - Mar 04, 2003 3:09:16 pm PST #6795 of 10001
brillig
I like Sophia's ballot.
Nutty - Mar 04, 2003 3:10:13 pm PST #6796 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Yay, Sophia, for climbing through the last 500 posts with the thing we were debating still intact! Is this the final text of the ballot question?
Not that I ever saw any ambiguity in what "simple majority" means (I take it to mean 50%+), but I did look it up in the dictionary and I can see where the ambiguity comes from. I just don't need to think very hard before I vote. Hopefully, that's the same for other people too.
Sean K - Mar 04, 2003 3:10:39 pm PST #6797 of 10001
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Bureaucracy 2: It's The New Natter
Nah, COMM is the new Natter, my current natter here notwithstanding.
Personally, I think we should go with Bureaucracy 2: Dada as government.