also sprach Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be> [2006.10.29.1736 +0100]: > > In voting systems with a quorum, an invalid vote increases the > > number of cast votes and thus makes it less likely for an option to > > reach the quorum (which is expressed as a percentage). Please > > correct me if I am wrong. > > This vote doesn't even have an quorum, according to the constitution. Thanks for pointing this out; I have not memorised the constitution, and better things to do these days than to wade through thousands of mails about this stuff, or to analyse legal documents. > > In the Condorcet system, I guess voting equally for all options > > has the same effect. Or maybe not, since I may also add to the > > quorum as the vote is valid. > > As far as I know, in our voting system each option needs to reach > a quorum over the default option to be considered. The total > number of votes doesn't matter. If you vote equal or lower than > the default option, it doesn't add to the quorum. So is there a difference between not voting and voting all options equal? -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems NP: Porcupine Tree / Coma Divine (Disc 2)
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