> > We could amend the bylaws to state that quorum is not required if an > absolute > majority has voted to pass the motion (an absolute majority being more than > half of all active TUs). I think that makes sense because as it stands now, > voting against the motion or simply abstaining is completely meaningless. > If > one were opposed to the motion, it would be more beneficial to simply not > vote > at all and to hope that others do the same so that quorum cannot be > established. >
This is basically what I've been spamming aur-general with. I did some research today and it appears that what you are talking about actually does happen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorum When a vote is decided, politicians will sometimes abuse the quorum system to try to manipulate the result. --Kaiting. -- Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/
