Re: supermajority options
On Nov 24, Richard Braakman wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 12:59:07AM -0600, Chris Lawrence wrote:
> > If Vote #1 loses, the game might be repeated ad nauseum until it
> > passes. But at least the risk of lurching back and forth is reduced
> > substantially, and this requires proponents to maintain a long-term
> > interest in passage. It also encourages proponents to compromise with
> > opponents (thus encouraging consensus), as gathering a 2:1 margin is
> > relatively hard.
>
> I think we could have this benefit even without a supermajority
> requirement, because our voting system is more sophisticated than
> the yes/no model you're using. Suppose an option wins with only 51:49
> support. Just like in your scenario, the losers are pissed and
> organize a new vote. However, both camps are now aware of how close
> the margin is, so it's likely that several compromise options will
> be added to the ballot, and those are likely to win with a larger
> margin.
Except, we're stuck with the non-compromise in the meantime. If Vote
#1 is "rm -rf ftp.debian.org:/debian/pool/non-free", it's going to be
a bit of a pain to fix that :-)
Chris
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