Re: February 17th Voting GR draft
Hi folks,
Lets get the ball rolling on the other GR's that we have
pending. There are two things I'd like to do, in case Raul and aj
don't preempt me ;-).
a) test the non secret vote code path in the vote engine. There have
been some additions in the voting engine, namely, signing the
acks by the vote engine
b) this vote engine has never done non secret votes
I am considering the following ballot as the test case:
Choosing Debian's favourite colour of the rainbow. Since Ultra Violet
and Infra Red are traditionally not seen as part of the rainbow, they
require a 2:1 super majority to pass. I'll set up the test vote before
the end of the week.
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[ ] Choice 1: Ultra Violet
[ ] Choice 2: Violet
[ ] Choice 3: Indigo
[ ] Choice 4: Blue
[ ] Choice 5: Green
[ ] Choice 6: Yellow
[ ] Choice 7: Orange
[ ] Choice 8: Red
[ ] Choice 9: Infra Red
[ ] Choice 10: None of the Above
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Oh, and here is the latest draft (still the February 17
draft); unless there are major objections, or Raul or AJ step forward
too be stewards of this GR, at the end of the week I plan on
proposing this as a formal GR and asking for seconds.
manoj
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DRAFT:
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Under 4.2 Procedure [for developers during a general resolution or
election], change item 3 to read:
3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes, tallies, and
results are not revealed during the voting period; after the
vote the Project Secretary lists all the votes cast. The voting
period is 2 weeks, but may be varied by up to 1 week by the
Project Leader, and may be ended by the Project Secretary when
the outcome is no longer in doubt. In this context, we ignore
the possibility that people might want to change their vote.
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Under 5.2 Appointment of project leader, change item 7 to read:
7. The decision will be made using the method specified in section
A.6 of the Standard Resolution Procedure. The quorum is the
same as for a General Resolution (s.4.2) and the default
option is "None Of The Above".
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Under 6.1 Powers [of the technical committee], change item 7 to read:
7. Appoint the Chairman of the Technical Committee. The Chairman
is elected by the Committee from its members. All members of
the committee are automatically nominated; the committee vote
starting one week before the post will become vacant (or
immediately, if it is already too late). The members may vote
by public acclamation for any fellow committee member,
including themselves; there is no default option. The vote
finishes when all the members have voted or when the outcome is
no longer in doubt. The result is determined using the method
specified in section A.6 of the Standard Resolution Procedure.
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Under A.2 Calling for a vote, change item 2 to read
2. The proposer or any sponsor of a resolution may call for a vote on that
resolution and all related amendments.
4. The minimum discussion period is counted from the time the last
formal amendment was accepted, or since the whole resolution
was proposed if no amendments have been proposed and accepted.
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Replace A.3 with:
A.3. Voting procedure
1. Each resolution and its related amendments is voted on in a
single ballot, that includes an option for the original
resolution, each amendment, and the default option (where
applicable)..
2. The default option must not have any supermajority requirements.
Options which do not have an explicit supermajority requirement
have a 1:1 majority requirement.
3. The votes are counted according to the the rules in A.6.
Unless otherwise specified, the default option is "Further
Discussion".
4. In cases of doubt the Project Secretary shall decide on matters
of procedure.
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Replace A.5 with:
A.5. Expiry
If a proposed resolution has not been discussed, amended, voted on or
otherwise dealt with for 4 weeks the secretary may issue a statement
that the issue is being withdrawn. If none of the sponsors of any
of the proposals object within a week, the issue is withdrawn.
The secretary may also include suggestions on how to proceed,
if appropriate.
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Replace A.6 with:
A.6 Vote Counting
1. Each voter's ballot ranks the options being voted on. Not all
options need be ranked. Ranked options are considered
preferred to all unranked options. Voters may rank options
equally. Unranked options are considered to be ranked equally
with one another. Details of how ballots may be filled out
will be included in the Call For Votes.
2. If the ballot has a quorum requirement R any options other
than the default option which do not receive at least R votes
ranking that option above the default option are dropped from
consideration.
3. Any (non-default) option which does not defeat the default option
by its required majority ratio is dropped from consideration.
a. Given two options A and B, V(A,B) is the number of voters
who prefer option A over option B.
b. An option A defeats the default option D by a majority
ratio N, if V(A,D) is strictly greater than N * V(D,A).
c. If a supermajority of S:1 is required for A, it's majority ratio
is S, otherwise it's majority ratio is 1.
4. We construct the Schwartz set based on undropped options and
defeats:
a. An option A defeats an option B, if V(A,B) is strictly
greater than V(B,A).
b. An option A transitively defeats an option C if A
defeats C or if there is some other option B where A
defeats B AND B transitively defeats C.
c. An option A is in the Schwartz set if for all options B,
either A transitively defeats B, or B does not transitively
defeat A.
5. If there are defeats between options in the Schwartz set, we
drop the weakest such defeats, and return to step 4.
a. A defeat (A,X) is weaker than a defeat (B,Y) if V(A,X)
is less than V(B,Y). Also, (A,X) is weaker than (B,Y)
if V(A,X) is equal to V(B,Y) and V(X,A) is greater than
V(Y,B).
b. A weakest defeat is a defeat that has no other defeat
weaker than it. There may be more than one such defeat.
6. If there are no defeats within the Schwartz set, then the winner
is chosen from the options in the Schwartz set. If there is
only one such option, it is the winner. If there are multiple
options, the elector with a casting vote chooses which of those
options wins.
"RATIONALE": Options which the voters rank above the default option
are options they find acceptable. Options ranked below the default
options are options they find unacceptable.
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and burned out employees must feign.
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