Re: [Fwd: [ga-full] RE: [ga] Voting rules, take 4]

[Mark Measday <measday@josmarian.ch>]

Agree (if it comes to a vote about voting)

Michael Froomkin wrote:
> 
> I think STV should be available for votes with multiple alternatives.
> Otherwise the system is (a) manipulable; (b) interminable.
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> Subject: [ga-full] RE: [ga] Voting rules, take 4
> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 07:35:50 -0400
> From: "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@netsol.com>
> To: "'Harald Tveit Alvestrand'" <Harald@Alvestrand.no>, ga@dnso.org
> 
> A few comments:
> 
> 1. It seems like one week may be a little short for the amount of time to
> vote.  If someone is away from email for a week, they miss the vote.  A
> couple weeks would seem more reasonable especially in an international
> setting.  It doesn't seem necessary to rush this.  Also, two weeks would
> allow more time to deal with email glitches that might delay mail delivery.
> 
> 2. Reasonable advance notice of upcoming votes should be given; a minimum of
> two weeks advance notice would probably work.  Advance notice could simply
> involve an estimated time when a vote is anticipated because the exact date
> when the ballot will be approved may not be known far enough ahead of time.
> For example, a notice could say something like this: "A vote regarding GA
> opinion regarding Names Council proposal A is anticipated in two to three
> weeks from the date of this message."
> 
> 3. Because the DNSO is supposed to be a consensus-building organization, I
> would consider modifying the third rule as follows: "In the case of a choice
> between multiple alternatives, the alternative with the most votes over 50%
> of those cast wins.  If no choice receives more than 50%, there is no
> winner."
> 
> 4. I think rule 4 should be worded like this: "In the case of selecting N
> candidates from a slate of M, with M > N, the N top candidates win."  In
> other words, when selecting 4 candidates from a slate of 10, the top 4 win.
> An important question to answer in this type of situation is this: "How many
> votes does each member get and can they use all their votes for one
> candidate?"
> 
> Chuck Gomes
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand [mailto:Harald@Alvestrand.no]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 4:00 AM
> To: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: [ga] Voting rules, take 4
> 
> Based on the discussion earlier, here's what I propose as final text.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> VOTING RULES FOR THE DNSO GA
> Version 0.4
> 
> These are the rules for voting in the General assembly.
> 
> - A vote begins when the Chair approves a ballot.
>    The ballot is sent to the registered GA voters by the secretariat.
> - The typical amount of time given to reply to a vote is one week.
> - In the case of a choice between multiple alternatives, the alternative
> with the most votes wins.
> - In the case of selecting N candidates from a slate of M, with N > M, the
> N top candidates win.
> - A runoff ballot may be held if the number of votes for two alternatives
> is equal, and this affects the result. Only the two alternatives involved
> are inclulded on a runoff ballot.
> - In the case where the question is a new rule or rule change for the GA,
> the number of votes in favour of the winning alternative must be at least
> 2/3 of cast votes, with a minimum number of cast votes being the lower of
> 20% of the registered voters or 100 votes.
> -  The voters are those who are registered as voters when a vote is first
> sent out.
> 
> The voting roster and a method to register for voting are available in
> http://www.dnso.org/secretariat/rosterindex.html
> --------------------
> The ballot for voting on this rule should read something like:
> 
> [] I want the voting rules at <URL> to be approved
> [] I do not want the voting rules at <URL> to be approved
> 
> 2/3 majority required to win, since it's a rule introduction.
> Does this seem uncontroversial? If so - let's vote on it!
> 
>                   Harald
> 
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