I sponsor the following ammendment to the proposal. If the sponsor rejects this change, I request seconds on this ammendment, so that it appears on the ballot.
Clarifcation of the wording is welcome. Changes to the meaning are not.
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> PROPOSAL
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> Constitutional amendment: Condorcet/Clone Proof SSD vote tallying:
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>
> Under 4.2 Procedure [for developers during a general resolution or
> election], change item 3 to read:
>
> 3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes, tallies, and
> results are not revealed during the voting period; after the
> vote the Project Secretary lists all the votes cast. The voting
> period is 2 weeks, but may be varied by up to 1 week by the
> Project Leader.
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Under 5.2 Appointment of project leader, change item 7 to read:
>
> 7. The decision will be made using the method specified in section
> A.6 of the Standard Resolution Procedure. The quorum is the
> same as for a General Resolution (s.4.2) and the default
> option is "None Of The Above".
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Under 6.1 Powers [of the technical committee], change item 7 to read:
>
> 7. Appoint the Chairman of the Technical Committee. The Chairman
> is elected by the Committee from its members. All members of
> the committee are automatically nominated; the committee votes
> starting one week before the post will become vacant (or
> immediately, if it is already too late). The members may vote
> by public acclamation for any fellow committee member,
> including themselves; there is no default option. The vote
> finishes when all the members have voted, or when the voting
> period has ended. The result is determined using the method
> specified in section A.6 of the Standard Resolution Procedure.
>
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> Under A.2 Calling for a vote, change items 2 and 4 to read
>
> 2. The proposer or any sponsor of a resolution may call for a vote on that
> resolution and all related amendments.
> 4. The minimum discussion period is counted from the time the last
> formal amendment was accepted, or since the whole resolution
> was proposed if no amendments have been proposed and accepted.
>
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> Replace A.3 with:
>
> A.3. Voting procedure
>
> 1. Each resolution and its related amendments is voted on in a
> single ballot that includes an option for the original
> resolution, each amendment, and the default option (where
> applicable).
> 2. The default option must not have any supermajority requirements.
> Options which do not have an explicit supermajority requirement
> have a 1:1 majority requirement.
> 3. The votes are counted according to the the rules in A.6. The
> default option is "Further Discussion", unless specified
> otherwise.
> 4. In cases of doubt the Project Secretary shall decide on matters
> of procedure.
>
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>
> Replace A.5 with:
>
> A.5. Expiry
>
> If a proposed resolution has not been discussed, amended, voted on or
> otherwise dealt with for 4 weeks the secretary may issue a statement
> that the issue is being withdrawn. If none of the sponsors of any
> of the proposals object within a week, the issue is withdrawn.
>
> The secretary may also include suggestions on how to proceed,
> if appropriate.
>
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> Replace A.6 with:
>
> A.6 Vote Counting
>
> 1. Each voter's ballot ranks the options being voted on. Not all
> options need be ranked. Ranked options are considered
> preferred to all unranked options. Voters may rank options
> equally. Unranked options are considered to be ranked equally
> with one another. Details of how ballots may be filled out
> will be included in the Call For Votes.
2. If the ballot has a quorum requirement R, and less then R votes
are cast, the entire vote is thrown out. The amendment may be
withdrawn, or resume a discussion period at the sponsor's
discretion.
> 3. Any (non-default) option which does not defeat the default option
> by its required majority ratio is dropped from consideration.
> a. Given two options A and B, V(A,B) is the number of voters
> who prefer option A over option B.
> b. An option A defeats the default option D by a majority
> ratio N, if V(A,D) is strictly greater than N * V(D,A).
> c. If a supermajority of S:1 is required for A, its majority ratio
> is S; otherwise, its majority ratio is 1.
> 4. From the list of undropped options, we generate a list of
> pairwise defeats.
> a. An option A defeats an option B, if V(A,B) is strictly greater
> than V(B,A).
> 5. From the list of [undropped] pairwise defeats, we generate a
> set of transitive defeats.
> a. An option A transitively defeats an option C if A defeats
> C or if there is some other option B where A defeats B AND
> B transitively defeats C.
> 6. We construct the Schwartz set from the set of transitive defeats.
> a. An option A is in the Schwartz set if for all options B,
> either A transitively defeats B, or B does not transitively
> defeat A.
> 7. If there are defeats between options in the Schwartz set,
> we drop the weakest such defeats from the list of pairwise
> defeats, and return to step 5.
> a. A defeat (A,X) is weaker than a defeat (B,Y) if V(A,X)
> is less than V(B,Y). Also, (A,X) is weaker than (B,Y) if
> V(A,X) is equal to V(B,Y) and V(X,A) is greater than V(Y,B).
> b. A weakest defeat is a defeat that has no other defeat weaker
> than it. There may be more than one such defeat.
> 8. If there are no defeats within the Schwartz set, then the winner
> is chosen from the options in the Schwartz set. If there is
> only one such option, it is the winner. If there are multiple
> options, the elector with the casting vote chooses which of those
> options wins.
>
> RATIONALE: Options which the voters rank above the default option
> are options they find acceptable. Options ranked below the default
> options are options they find unacceptable.
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
Rationale for change:
If a person votes, but they do not list a specific item, that
person has still indicated a preference for that item as being
lower than all ranked options. This treats a -1---- ballot equal to
a 212222 ballot.
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John H. Robinson, IV
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