= Сообщение: 6344 из 7124 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Shaun Buzza 1:229/110 12 Mar 22 18:27:31 Кому : John Dovey 12 Mar 22 18:27:31 Тема : Re: 2022 FTSC Standing Member Election - Votes Received FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:229/110+6a83942c На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=4:920/69.1+622cff7c = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== ============================================================================== JD> SB> Effectively, that's the current vote. The voter is *not* allowed to JD> SB> abstain, if any abstention is not counted toward the total.
JD> No. Someone choosing not to vote is not an abstention. An abstention is JD> only when someone indicates th y are refusing g to cat a vote for either JD> party. It's easier to understand in the cont of a meeting. Of the people JD> who are physically present,some vote and some do not. This who do not vote JD> have abstained. Those who stayed at home are not counted as abstentions. JD> on this case, submitting a ballot with no yes or no vote for a candidate JD> is an abstention. Simply ignoring the process and not sending in a JD> ballot is NOT an abstention.
Sir, we are in agreement here.
However, as it has been explained to me, abstentions have exactly *zero* impact in these proceedings. Therefore, a voter might as well have stayed home, rather than abstaining.
Again, what is the point of including 'abstain' as an option, if those votes are just being discarded?
