'War Stories'
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!
For me it's the Bush/Gore/Nader explanation.
I'd suggest right now that we not actually open such a discussion right now, especially since off-topicness is more of an issue in this thread and there's been nothing directly proposed about preferential voting. This is just a suggestion for when it does come up again.
I like Burrell's suggestion a lot. Put up 3, 4, and 6 and let them fight it out.
We all know 6 will win anyway.
Yeah, 6 is the sh*t.
Let's put up 6, 4 and 3, and if in the extremely unlikely event that 6 doesn't get 51% of the vote, then we fight out what to do.
Here's a thought:
Let 6, 4, and 3 duke it out. Include preferences on the ballot, but (for now) count only first choices. If there is no majority, hold an old-fashioned run-off, then compare the result with what preferential tallying on the first ballot would have resulted in.
I'm only half kidding.
54' 40" or fight!
bwaaa!, Brenda.
Brenda-- I think this might be a good thought-- a test, if you will of peoples willingness to do preferential balloting without actually committing to it. Also, isn't this supposed to go to vote tomorrow?
If so, we need more wording and a form and such.
25 or 6 to 4.
In the year 2929...
I'm one of those non math savvy people, I try very hard not to say "Math is hard" because I don't want to sound like the stupid Barbie. But often don't get math. However, I do understand preferential voting and it doesn't seem especially mathy to me.
I haven't been sure how this discussion of the voting issue would go, it's been interesting to watch, I've decided not to post after the first day because I wanted to watch everything unfold. I've been rather anti 4 months simply because it wasn't an initial choice and I didn't want to complicate matters with a new choice.
There isn't a big difference between 3 and 4 but there is still a big leap between 4 and 6. So, I'm still not sure how I'm going to vote.
I thought I was going to vote for 3 months because if I wanted an issue and it was voted down then I would want a chance to reopen voting as soon as possible. But, if I won on an issue then I would want it to be up for reopening quickly which would push me towards 6 months.
Really, I'm just talking this out...