Text 4323, 76 rader
Skriven 2010-11-17 10:55:00 av Bob Seaborn (1:140/12)
   Kommentar till text 4288 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
Ärende: Votes received.
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For what it's worth, I fully agree.  Once a vote is posted, and acknowledged,
it MUST stand as posted.  No second thoughts, no changing!




 > Hello Michiel!
 >
 > 16 Nov 10 22:36, you wrote to Björn Felten:
 >
 >MV> Hmmm... I don't know. There is no provision in the rules for changing
 >MV> a vote thais already cast. OTOH, the rules do not forbid it either. I
 >MV> lean towards allowing it, but only if there are no serious objections
 >MV> from the constituency. It will set a precedent either way. So let me
 >MV> sleep on it.
 >
 > I protest in the name of protocol..
 >
 > If it is not in the rules, then it is not in the rules.. Changing the
 > rules with a vote in progress is unheard of.
 >
 > I submit:
 >
 > Had the 2 no votes not been cast, Bjorn would not be pleading to change
 > his, therefore his regret over his own vote, is a sad consequence.
 >
 > I neither cast and up or down vote for Alexey just to avoid being cast
 > in some negative light, but held back such vote because he did come
 > across as worrying more about nit picking others than anything else..
 >
 > Since Sweden is the cradle of Democracy, I fail to see why Bjorn is
 > scornful of others making a concious decision.
 >
 > Do not allow revotes, what you gonna do, allow others to change their
 > votes if they dont like the direction the outcome is heading?
 >
 > NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 >
 > Now if you want, you can after the election, put in a rule or rule
 > change, which I still would object to a revote, but you could change the
 > format to allow a yes vote or a non-vote, then each candidate would have
 > to score 50% or 50%+1 of all voters(*) counted. You of course would be
 > making this suggestion to the full FTSC, where we would fight over it
 > and not ever agree.
 >
 > (*) If 20 voters then 10 or 11 yes votes needed.
 >
 > However I could see someone pitching a fit over non-votes and wanting to
 > change their vote, see what happens here..
 >
 > Dont tilt at windmills Michiel, be strong, I am here for you!
 >
 > Of course you could make the balloting secret, only publishing the
 > results after the election concluded, that would be a viable option.
 >
 > I can see you balking at this, but you could publicly acknowledge in
 > here... "RC such and such voted" But dont publish the actual vote, until
 > it is all tallied and too late.
 >
 > Felten, you know better than this. You must know ride down downtown
 > Stockholm, nude on a moose with a Wolf on the loose.
 >
 > ==
 > Ross
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 >
 > We hoped and we got change!
 >
 > ... Liberals hold others to standards that they wont hold to
 > themselves.--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20060121
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