Re: [wg-review] co-chair election system

[DPF <david@farrar.com>]

On Tue, 09 Jan 2001 07:17:20 +1300, J J Teernstra wrote:

>At 04:07 9/01/01 GMT,David wrote:
>
>>I'm happy to document the counting procedure if the WG wants to use this as a 
>>method of election.  However is Joop's polling booth able to handle people 
>>ranking rather than just voting for a candidate?
>>
>Yes, it could be done.  But it is a lot  more work (both for the voters and
>for the Administrator) than simply giving every voter the option of multiple
>ticks for multiple candidates, and the result is the same.(just like the
>nomination result)

Actually the result is far from the same.  One can still end up with
someone elected on 25% of the vote.

Multiple ticking also can be used tactically more easily than
preferential voting.

>The  candidates still end up being ranked in order of preference.

Preferential voting is not about having a final ranking of candidates.
It is about ensuring that the winning candidate is the preferred
choice of a majority of voters.

DPF
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