Re: question about DPL election results
On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 10:00:12AM +0200, Martin Sjögren wrote:
> fre 2003-04-04 klockan 09.25 skrev Jochen Voss:
> > On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 08:57:50AM +0200, Martin Sjögren wrote:
> > > fre 2003-04-04 klockan 08.23 skrev Jochen Voss:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > on the "Debian Project Leader Elections 2003" page at
> > > >
> > > > http://www.debian.org/vote/2003/vote_0001
> > > >
> > > > I read that "With 831 developers, Q=14.41353531, making a quorum of
> > > > 43.2406059, or, rounding up, 44. Only one candidate failed to meet
> > > > quorum." To find a cadidate which failed quorum I would look for a
> > > > number less then 44 in the fifth column of the tally table.
> > > >
> > > > But there is no such number. So my question is: who did not meet
> > > > quorum? How can I see this from the tally table?
> > >
> > > You have to look at (X,5) - (5,X), which gives you:
> > How this? Do you have any references? I do not find such a
> > rule, neither in current constitution nor in the current voting
> > amendment draft.
>
> Sorry, I don't have any references, it just struck me as obvious based
> on how condorcet voting works... But if it isn't obvious, it should
> definitely be clarified.
Isn't it because the option 5 (none of the above, i think) is the
default option ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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