In a message dated 4/13/02 1:24:31 AM, Mr. Ossipoff wrote:
<<People who study single-winner methods agree that it makes more sense, and avoids proposal-order strategies, to vote on the proposal and the status-quo, and the amendments to the proposal, all in one balloting, using a good voting system>> ---- D- Some things are YES/ NO *substantive* (like -- should Z be done by public officers ???) and other things are filling the blanks (with numbers) - such as shall X public officers be doing Z ??? In other words-- dividing the question -- often done using Robert's Rules of Order. If the doing of Z fails (gets a NO majority), then there is no X to ask about.
