= Сообщение: 6310 из 7128 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Shaun Buzza 1:229/110 11 Mar 22 15:58:45 Кому : Dan Clough 11 Mar 22 15:58:45 Тема : Re: 2022 FTSC Standing Member Election - Votes Received FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:229/110+f82eb77a На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2556.fido_ftscpubl@1:123/115+269091e0 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== Ответ: area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2580.fido_ftscpubl@1:123/115+2691fdbd ============================================================================== DC> SB> There is a reason that real-world politics count abstentions DC> SB> along with yes and no votes. It has to be a majority vote; the DC> SB> majority of *all* votes, including abstentions, must be either DC> SB> yes or no. DC> DC> This is not correct, at least for elections that I'm familiar with, DC> in the USA. We count *ONLY* YES votes. You do not need a majority DC> of all votes, you simply need more YES votes than the number of YES DC> votes that your opponent gets. That's it. There are no NO votes, and DC> there are millions of abstentions, which just means.... nothing.
Um, wouldn't a vote for your opponent automatically be a vote against you, or a 'no'? Just sayin...
It is basically the same for our Prime Minister. However, I wasn't speaking specifically about elections, but voting in a broader sense. It is not an activity restricted only to an election. For example, NATO members voting on creating no-fly zones.
Unfortunately, the FTSC election has already stepped out of the realm of the presidential election you're familiar with/referring to. There are three candidates, and any combination of the three could be voted in. This would be more akin to voting in members of a city council, wouldn't it? And in that case, it is indeed a majority decision, at least in the small part of the world I call home.
