Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Official list of candidates

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Robert Love wrote:

> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:11:59 -0500
> From: Robert Love <rml novell com>
> To: "Danilo [iso-8859-2] Šegan" <danilo gnome org>
> Cc: Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>, foundation-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Official list of candidates
>
> On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 21:34 +0100, Danilo Šegan wrote:
>
> > I think nothing stops anyone from voting for all six of Novell
> > employees (there's no rule against it, AFAIK).  They cannot all be
> > elected, but I don't see how this system of voting is worse for them
> > (not taking the "4-rule" into account) than any other system (which
> > would be used along with the "4-rule").  If they're all "popular"
> > candidates, they'll end up in a battle between themselves, using any
> > of the systems.  If some of them are not "popular", they won't be
> > elected no matter what :-)
>
> Right, people can vote for any number of people with a shared
> affiliation and someone might indeed want to vote for all six Novell
> employees, but in this voting system that can result in scenarios where
> I decrease the chances of the "more likely" four winning.

Correct.

> I am not arguing for or against changing to a Ranked Ballot system, just
> trying to explain what Alan is saying.

Thanks for the help.

I was trying to point out some facts.
In case anyone is wondering I'm not in any way against the quota.

Maybe I should resisted the temptation to mention my desire to change the
voting system but I cannot help but throw that in anychance I get (and
I'll probably be suggesting compulsory turnout next if you are not careful
:)


I thought the Anonymous voting had been passed, have the prelimnary
results been challenged or is the infrastructure just not in place to
implement it this soon?

Sincerely

Alan Horkan

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