= Сообщение: 6298 из 7128 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Shaun Buzza 1:229/110 11 Mar 22 06:20:34 Кому : Richard Menedetter 11 Mar 22 06:20:34 Тема : Re: 2022 FTSC Standing Member Election - Votes Received FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:229/110+01a6da6a На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:310/31+622b08ab = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== Ответ: area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:310/31+622b35f2 Ответ: area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2556.fido_ftscpubl@1:123/115+269091e0 ============================================================================== RM> SB> Are the abstentions not being counted toward the total number of RM> SB> votes? RM> RM> One can vote for, against or abstain (ie. not vote at all) per person. RM> RM> Persons with more yes than no votes get in. RM> RM> Why do you want to count an abstain as a vote?? RM> Abstain simmply means that that person neither voted yes or no. (ie. RM> because there were people for YES and also for NO in the region of that RM> RC)
I've already mentioned one reason why. Discarding abstentions literally makes an option for abstention pointless, and therefore shouldn't be an option at all.
Also, there are *zero* 'no' votes, at least in this current election. Does that mean a single 'yes' vote would mean a win? Or the flip side; if everyone abstains on a candidate, except one 'no' vote, does that candidate automatically lose? How does that make any more sense than discarding abstentions?
There is a reason that real-world politics count abstentions along with yes and no votes. It has to be a majority vote; the majority of *all* votes, including abstentions, must be either yes or no.
I get that this isn't real-world politics. But does that mean we shouldn't emulate a system that has worked around the world for literal centuries?
However, I am not privy to the internal workings of this election, which is why I asked for clarification in the first place.
