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

[Scott Ritchie]

On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 13:28 +1100, PROUT - Progressive Utilisation
wrote:
> 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.

Why not disallow abstentions then, since an abstention becomes
absolutely equivalent to a no vote?

-Scott Ritchie