Date: 2004-05-11T04:25:04 Editor: 217.155.92.105 <> Wiki: Incubator Wiki Page: BoardElectionVoteCounting URL: http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/BoardElectionVoteCounting
Spelling/grammar Change Log: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ The scheme we use gives voters more power over the election. It is important not to waste that power. We have observed in the past that members don't understand the power the mechanism give them. -When you vote you will reveal your rank ordered preference for candidates. Every effort is made to get your #1 preference onto the board. If you vote in alphabetical order your sending a strong signal that you'd prefer a board with names like Mr. Awful and Ms. Beastly. +When you vote you will reveal your rank ordered preference for candidates. Every effort is made to get your #1 preference onto the board. If you vote in alphabetical order you're sending a strong signal that you'd prefer a board with names like Mr. Awful and Ms. Beastly. -The vote counting proceeds in a loop. Occasionally the loop spits out another board member. It spits out an elected board member when ever that board member captures enough ballots to get elected. Ballots begin being assigned to the #1 candidate indicated on that ballot. As the counting proceeds ballots are reallocated. Sometimes it becomes necessary to admit somebody not going to get elected; at that point his ballots are reallocated. When a candidate is elected he takes with him only enough ballots to have gotten him elected; his other ballots are sent off the the lower ranked preferences shown on that ballot. +The vote counting proceeds in a loop. Occasionally the loop spits out another board member. It spits out an elected board member whenever that board member captures enough ballots to get elected. Ballots begin by being assigned to the #1 candidate indicated on that ballot. As the counting proceeds ballots are reallocated. Sometimes it becomes necessary to admit somebody is not going to get elected; at that point his ballots are reallocated. When a candidate is elected he takes with him only enough ballots to have gotten him elected; his other ballots are sent off the the lower ranked preferences shown on that ballot. This means that you can vote for Mr. Marginal and if he gets enough votes he's in; if not your #2, #3, preference will get used. This means you can vote for Mr. Wonderful along with everybody else and after he's elected there is a reasonable chance your ballot will live on to help elect a candidate other than your first preference. -This voting architecture is excellent for helping to break up the tendency of elected bodies to settle into one or two power blocks; at it's also helpful for breaking up the power of incumbents to attract strategic voters. It's down side is that you can end up with a board with nine members all of whom were elected by very narrow constituencies to which they are extremely loyal - that can make it hard to reach any consensus. +This voting architecture is excellent for helping to break up the tendency of elected bodies to settle into one or two power blocks; at it's also helpful for breaking up the power of incumbents to attract strategic voters. Its downside is that you can end up with a board with nine members all of whom were elected by very narrow constituencies to which they are extremely loyal - that can make it hard to reach any consensus. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
