Re: Result for vote regarding new members for the board of directors

On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 02:56:42PM -0500, Branden Robinson / SPI Treasurer wrote:
> SPI members are not Floridians. We can expect basic literacy from them.
> I suggest making future ballots more clear, perhaps with boldface text:
> VOTING FOR ONE OPTION ONLY IS EQUIVALENT TO ABSTAINING. YOU MUST RANK
> AT LEAST TWO OPTIONS FOR YOUR BALLOT TO AFFECT THE OUTCOME.

Documenting a buggy interface isn't fixing the problem, and the obvious
interpretation of the vote "------1-" or "G" is to rank Bruce above
everyone else. For comparison, the latest drafts of the Debian voting
mechanism say:

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.

Cheers,
aj

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