[EM] election-methods Digest, Vol 19, Issue 4

[PROUT - Progressive Utilisation]

The context is simply that there are say 60 people in a room - all present -
and all entitled to vote. All are members of an organisation or association.

30 abstain
20 vote yes
10 vote no

I believe as they are all entitled to vote and the majority do not have the
the yes votes, it means the motion/matter is not carried.

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:   1. Re: Abstaining from voting (Abd ulRahman Lomax)
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:Message: 1
:Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:03:45 -0500
:From: Abd ulRahman Lomax <abd at lomaxdesign.com>
:Subject: Re: [EM] Abstaining from voting
:To: <election-methods at electorama.com>
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:At 05:09 PM 1/12/2006, Dharmadeva wrote:
:>What is the situation if there are more abstentions then yes 
:and no votes?
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:Depends. What is the situation at a meeting if a vote is taken 
:by show of hands and most people decide to abstain? What is 
:the situation if most members of an organization don't show up 
:at the meeting, but, perhaps, a quorum is present and a vote is taken?
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:If you really want to ask the question, specify the context better. 
:Is this a public election? Where? Are the "abstentions" blank 
:ballots? Or are they people who didn't show up to vote?
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