:The thing about the "overcomplicate wording" is that it makes explainations un-needed. People said they have trouble mentally translating rankings into a run-off. I don't understand it, but I believe them. So this step by step thing makes it absolutely clear how each choice affects the outcome. I'm sure the wording can be improved,but by dividing it into two choices, no one has questions about how the ballots are counted. I have nothing agains regular preferential voting - I just think this may be easier on the highly math and complexity resistant.
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
Typo Boy - Mar 22, 2003 9:22:17 pm PST #255 of 10289
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Wolfram - Mar 22, 2003 9:25:06 pm PST #256 of 10289
Visilurking
We can see right through that nefarious scheme, Gar. Begone evil, easily-understood, wannabe preferential ballot. Begone for all our sakes.
Seriously, didn't we vote that preferential ballots or something should be used for multi-choice votes. Why are we so gung-ho on narrowing this down to two choices?
Typo Boy - Mar 22, 2003 9:25:10 pm PST #257 of 10289
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Jess you are right - there is no difference for the person counting. The diference is iin whether the person voting can follow how their choice and how others choices are counted. We had people screaming in agony because they could not figure out for certain how preferential votes are counted, and could not double check the count if they used such a ballot. This (with improved wording of course) would avoid that problem
Typo Boy - Mar 22, 2003 9:27:19 pm PST #258 of 10289
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Wolfram - itonly voted was that there would have to be a majority. How to get to a majority was not determined. From the point of view of someone counting, this is preferential voting. But from the point of view of a math resistant voter, I think it is still clear how each step works, and how votes will be counted.
Rebecca Lizard - Mar 22, 2003 10:15:18 pm PST #259 of 10289
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
ESTRAGON:
You gave me a fright.
VLADIMIR:
I thought it was three.
ESTRAGON:
Four?
VLADIMIR:
Godot. No. Monkey.
t incredibly charmed
P.M. Marc - Mar 22, 2003 10:22:21 pm PST #260 of 10289
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Fuck it.
Vote early, vote often, vote monkey.
(Go three! Choose three!)
Burrell - Mar 22, 2003 10:25:37 pm PST #261 of 10289
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
What would help at this point is getting some kind of count or voice on which is preferred, 3 months or 4.
Kat - Mar 22, 2003 10:26:09 pm PST #262 of 10289
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I know we feel the need to decide immediately. But, in a world of 4 days mandatory discussion time plus three days of voting, what's another 3 days?
Why the fear of the runoff?
Rebecca Lizard - Mar 22, 2003 10:37:54 pm PST #263 of 10289
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
What would help at this point is getting some kind of count or voice on which is preferred, 3 months or 4.
I want 4. FTR.
P.M. Marc - Mar 22, 2003 10:43:15 pm PST #264 of 10289
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Three.
Very much so.