> -=> Bj”rn Felten wrote to Dan Clough <=- > > BF> Dan Clough -> Ward Dossche skrev 2023-03-23 13:28: > > DC> As an aside, can you name another election (of any kind) where a person > DC> can go back and change their vote after it's been cast? > > BF> Can you name a *democratic* election of any kind, where the > BF> votes are cast in the open, for everyone to see, before they vote > BF> accordingly themselves? > > Yes. Nearly ALL votes on the floor of the U.S. House, or the U.S. > Senate, are televised live (on the 'CSPAN' cable channel(s)). It's > openly visible to all other voters in the chamber, and to the public at > large. Happens nearly every day. > > BF> Have you heard of peer pressure? Strategic voting? > > Yes, both. That's exactly what happened here, obviously. I'm of the > opinion that that shouldn't be allowed to change the outcome of an > election. There is plenty of time PRIOR to the vote for > pressure/lobbying/influence to take place, and then eventually, you cast > your vote. The point there is that strategy takes place then, and > people do what the influencers hope they will. They cast their vote > based on all the input, and that's it. No revisions. > > Did you notice that the majority of the votes here came in over the last > couple of days of the allowed time? Perfect indication of strategic > voting. > > What sucks is when people vote based ONLY on personal dislikes, even if > a candidate is qualified. That happened in this election too. > > > > ... Pros are those who do their jobs well, even when they don't feel like it > === MultiMail/Linux v0.52
Actually Dan, the later voting is evidence the region was actually surveyed for votes. It's the ones who voted right away, that are questionable on surveying their nets. I'll have to go back and look, but pretty sure it was over 10 in R13 on the tally Mike posted in our R13 sysop echo.
