Hi, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > Matthias Urlichs: > > The point of wording it the "old" way was that any option which is ranked > > below the default by a majority is removed before starting the algorithm. > I was talking about (super)majority requirements (WRT the default option) here.
> Not correct. The original proposal simply threw out the voter's intent > iff the option did not have R+1 people ranking it higher than default. > this is where the concept of quorum is being mis-applied. this is what > is being fixed. You're talking about quorum here. As I said, I'm in favor of your idea of throwing the whole vote if quorum isn't met -- we thus avoid the possibility of electing the "wrong" option by insincere voting. > a much easier and likely case can be constructed where an otherwise > winning option is dropped before consideration, which is Even Worse. IMNSHO, if the "Condorcet/SSD winner" option does not have a majority WRT the default option, then it shouldn't win. The default option has a built-in priority here, which I consider to be a Good Thing. Otherwise we'd have a controversial result which will not actually settle the issue which the vote was about. Anyway, I still think that your two changes do NOT depend on each other. NB: The mailing list to discuss this is named "debian-vote". Debian-devel is busy enough already. IMHO. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- "Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin." [Robert Ingersoll, "Heretics and Heresies", 1874]
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