On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 09:43:27AM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 11:53:38PM +0100, Karsten Merker wrote: > > > So while I agree there might be possible improvements in how the vote > > > goes, I > > > don't think just deleting that one sentence is it. > > > > I beg to differ :). I have taken a look at Ian's proposal with > > using sqrt(people allowed to vote) instead of a fixed ratio of > > 50%. That doesn't solve the general underlying problem of "not > > voting" generating a bias against the appealer, but it makes such > > a negative effect less likely, so I would consider this at least > > a lot better than a fixed 50% ratio. > > The problem with deleting the sentence is that only 1 person > voting can decide on the result. You really want to have a minimum > of people voting. And once you introduce some kind of quorum, > there is always a (small) advantage for the status quo, but it > assumes they organize themselves to try and take advantage of it.
This isn't really correct. With Ian's proposal there is no way to vote tacticly, there is just a minimum amount of people that need to vote, but that's still in the advantage of the status quo. Kurt