Re: Ending votes early

[Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org>]

On Monday, May 12, 2003, at 06:52 PM, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> 	After re-reading the draft (prompted by Branden on IRC), I
>  think I don't know how to define "when the vote is no longer in
>  doubt", since people can always revote.

Well, the current draft says "In this context, we ignore the 
possibility that people might want to change their vote."

> 	Say, with 1000 voters, on day 1, 800 people voted option A
>  over option B,

According to the current draft, the vote can be closed at this point.

> 	I suggest we strike the clause about the secretary's ability
>  to end votes early.

We already have a way to make votes go quickly (the Project Leader can 
make it last one week, also in section 3) so that's probably a good 
idea.