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Re: Call for votes for the Condorcet/Clone proof SSD voting methods GR



On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 04:22:12 +1000, Glenn McGrath <bug1@optushome.com.au> said: 

> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:29:31 -0500
> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> wrote:

>> Yes, the ballot is flawed, since I did not see that the 3.2 ballot
>> would be doable (In my hurry, I skipped over 3.1 -- since there
>> were no alternatives, and did not recall that 3.2 mandated the No
>> option), but in practice we can see that in this case the flaw may
>> noit make a difference to the outcome.
>>
>> I guess on this issue I am more interested in getting this issue
>> resolved, rather than being a rules lawyer, since I do not think
>> the outcome shall be affected.
>>
>> If you can show me how the outcome is changed, or the project
>> affected detrimentally, I am open to being persuaded otherwise.

> I too want the voting issue to be resolved, i think your oversight
> might make it harder to get the supermajority.

	Quite.

> If voting acording to the constitution, people voting against the
> amendment will have their votes split between two options.

> As it is all people voting against the amendment will be
> concentrated under the "Further Discussion".

	And thus, if we still get supermajority, the oversight is
 moot, no?

> It doesnt make sense having a further discussion option if there is
> only one option.

	Allows you to vote against the GR. Having only one option (the
 GR) would have resulted in a Soviet era ballot ;-)

	manoj
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