To: to debian-devel dropped. let's keep the discussion on -vote. Mark Brown wrote: > On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 10:12:52AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > But you cannot know what the situation is, unless you have insider > > knowledge, the votes are secrets, and the results published only after > > the election is closed. > > This doesn't change the fact that there is a chance that by voting > you'll have an effect other than that which you'd intended. It's a > fairly small chance but it's there.
this leaves three choices: 1) one voter decides the entire election (no quorum) 2) the winner potentially loses (per-item quorum) 3) a vote against a proposition causes that proposition to win (per-vote quorum) let's see if we can make the per-item quorum behave like the per-vote quorum where a vote _against_ an item causes that item to win: quorum of R=12. two options, plus the default option. a single voter. 1 BA A.6.2. If the ballot has a quorum requirement R any options other than the default option which do not receive at least R votes ranking that option above the default option are dropped from consideration. B and A each have only one vote over D, thus B and A are both dropped from consideration. that leaves one vote for D. there is no majority ratio, so A.6.3 does not apply. A.6.4 has only D, so D would win. thus, in the case of a single voter AGAINST the default option, the default option wins. this is not very likely, but this is also the case. under the amendment, A.6.2 is changed thusly: A.6.2. 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 The amendment may be withdrawn, or a discussion period may be resumed at the sponsor's discretion. 1<12, so the vote is thrown out. the sponsor may then either withdraw the proposition, or resume a discussion period. we see that the proposal suffers the same flaw that amendment is accused of having. this leaves us with three choices: 1) one voter decides the entire election (no quorum) 2) the winner potentially loses, and a vote against a proposition causes that proposition to win (per-item quorum) 3) a vote against a proposition causes that proposition to win (per-vote quorum) -john