Re: current A.6 draft
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:50:28PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
> > If we can't trust them to vote what they think, why should we trust the
> > outcome of such a vote?
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 06:48:00PM -0500, Andrew Pimlott wrote:
> Empirically, many people look at their vote as a means for achieving
> the best outcome, not a statement of belief. (Eg, those who
> preferred Nader but voted for Gore.) Do you assume that there are
> no such people in Debian, or would you propose to exclude them?
I propose to respect their votes.
In the case you presented, there were insufficient voters who voted
against the 2:1 supermajority requirement required by the two candidates
on the ballot and the default option won.
If that's not what the voters wanted, they shouldn't have voted that way.
--
Raul
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