DC> Yes, the FTSC example is more like a city council thing. The point is DC> that you don't need a majority (of all the people voting) to get in, you DC> simply need more YES votes than NO votes. There is a difference.
SB> This has been made clear by more than one person. At this point, SB> though, I am wondering why this is so. I strongly feel that it SB> *should* be a majority decision due to the nature of the election SB> in question. This is simply personal opinion.
If you disregard abstentions, it is a majority decision. More yes's than no's means you get in. I think the voter should have to pick one or the other, and not be allowed to abstain from any candidate(s).
I also wonder how it was decided that only RC's can vote for these candidates. Why not NC's also. Why not the peasant-class of nodelisted sysops? I saw somewhere in this conversation recently (I think) that it was deemed that only RC's would have the requisite intelligence/knowledge to know if a particular candidate was qualified for such a job. I disagree with that assumption very strongly.
Oh well. I shall go back to my peasantly duties now.
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