[EM] Poll on voting-systems, to inform voters in upcoming enactment-elections

[Michael Ossipoff]

On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 23:45 Chris Benham <cbenhamau at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

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> Have the nominations closed?


Yes, at 5:14:59 GMT, April 12th.


Not that I want to nominate another method.
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> There has been very little electioneering, with I think most of the
> nominated methods not even being mentioned.
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Yes, we weren’t given any information on most of the nominees. People
should have told the advantages/merits of their nominees.

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> Some haven't even been explained let alone discussed or promoted.


Exactly. That’s why I ranked most of them all together at the same
rank-position. The ones I know about & like ranked in order of merit, then
the ones that I don’t know equal-ranked, & then, below them, the ones I
know that I don’t like. Pluraity was at bottom, as everyone agrees, & so
there was no reason to rank it.

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> When does voting close?
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It closed at 5:14:59 GMT, April 11th. The moment nominations ended, the
voting-period started. I voted about 1 minute after the start of the voting
period.

But, I initially specified a month-long voting period. If that’s too long
people can move to shorten it. But the long voting period could allow some
time for explanation of methods & their special merits.

Shall we say that votes can be changed throughout the month-long
voting-period? If anyone moves to shorten it, we could discuss that. If it
were moved (& seconded?), then maybe people would like to choose the
duration that is the median of the voted suggestions.

But given the absence of explanation & advocacy for the unfamiliar methods,
maybe the month-long voting-period is a good thing.

My duration specifications were meant as default suggestions, changeable by
moving for a vote. …at any time, of course.

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> Chris Benham
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