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

[Michael Ossipoff]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 00:40 Michael Garman <michael.garman at rankthevote.us>
wrote:

> Your message indicates that voting closed while nominations were still in
> order. Something’s off.
>

In my previous reply, I accidentally wrote “12th”  when I meant to write
“11th”.

When I first proposed the poll, I suggested that the voting period begins
at the moment when the nomination period ends.

I specified a 1-month voting period, but, like the choice-method, the times
& durations are changeable by anyone moving for a vote on the change.

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> On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 9:37 AM Michael Ossipoff <email9648742 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
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>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 23:45 Chris Benham <cbenhamau at yahoo.com.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Have the nominations closed?
>>
>>
>> Yes, at 5:14:59 GMT, April 12th.
>>
>>
>> Not that I want to nominate another method.
>>>
>>> There has been very little electioneering, with I think most of the
>>> nominated methods not even being mentioned.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, we weren’t given any information on most of the nominees. People
>> should have told the advantages/merits of their nominees.
>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> When does voting close?
>>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>>
>>> Chris Benham
>>>
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