[Theforum] Re: voting
Erika Meyer
emeyer at lclark.edu
Wed Jan 30 11:25:07 CST 2002
I earlier advocated for a known electorate, but since we've decided
to be looser about theforum, I agree that we can't calculate x%.
So give it a 2 day minimum... preferably with a bit of weekday time
in there if there are others like me who avoid their computer on
weekends...
simple, easy, & fair enough.
Erika
Martin wrote:
>On Wednesday, January 30, 2002, at 12:24 am, isaac wrote:
>
> > what about a 2 day minimum unless in circumstances where x% of
> > registered
> > voters have registered their vote?
>
>If we have a known electorate (so we can calculate x%), then there
>will be occasions where the time is moot anyway - if 70% of registered
>voters vote, and they all vote for option N, then option N is carried
>no matter how long we wait.
>
>Having a known electorate also prevents abuse of the system
>btw.
>
>Cheers
>Martin
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