Result for vote regarding new members for the board of directors

[Anthony Towns]

On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 02:56:42PM -0500, Branden Robinson / SPI Treasurer wrote:
> SPI members are not Floridians.  We can expect basic literacy from them.
> I suggest making future ballots more clear, perhaps with boldface text:
>   VOTING FOR ONE OPTION ONLY IS EQUIVALENT TO ABSTAINING.  YOU MUST RANK
>   AT LEAST TWO OPTIONS FOR YOUR BALLOT TO AFFECT THE OUTCOME.

Documenting a buggy interface isn't fixing the problem, and the obvious
interpretation of the vote "------1-" or "G" is to rank Bruce above
everyone else. For comparison, the latest drafts of the Debian voting
mechanism say:

   A.6 Vote Counting
     1. Each voter's ballot ranks the options being voted on.  Not all
        options need be ranked.  Ranked options are considered
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        preferred to all unranked options.  Voters may rank options
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        equally.  Unranked options are considered to be ranked equally
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        with one another.  Details of how ballots may be filled out
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        will be included in the Call For Votes.

Cheers,
aj

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