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Re: [spf-discuss] Election officer for the 2006 SPF Council elections

2006-01-08 04:30:27
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Frank Ellermann wrote:
I've no idea what the effect is if I'd pick 1-1-3-3-5 or 1-1-2-2-3 or
1-1-x-x-5 (x = no opinion) in the case of five candidates when I like the
1st and the 2nd and hate the 5th candidate.

There's no difference between 1-1-3-3-5 and 1-1-2-2-3, because only the 
internal, relative order of the options in your ballot is relevant.  
1-1-x-x-5 (x = no opinion) is the same as only rating the first, second, 
and last option as 1-1-5 (identical to 1-1-2 and 4-4-5).  (Condorcet is 
not based on scores or points, only on relative order.)

However there should always be a "none of the above" option so voters can 
rank unwanted options lower than that one.  In Debian general resolution 
votes, this is usually called "Further discussion".  In our last community 
vote, it was called "Disapprove the council election procedures proposed 
by the sitting council. The sitting council shall propose new council 
election procedures by the 1st of February 2006."  (I considered this the 
equivalent to "Further discussion".)

ROs are supposed to know the rules. ;-) 

Well, at least he should have trust in the mathematical method and in the 
technical systems used for the vote.

OT, finally I get the feeling for this Wiki stuff.  Was it there where
you picked up your "footnote style" ? 

No.  Until a few years ago, I had used "foo[1] ... [1] http://foo"-style 
footnotes, but then I adopted my own footnote style from other text 
documents I wrote (essays, articles, etc.), where I wrote "foo[1] ... 
References: 1. http://foo"; instead.
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