= Сообщение: 6333 из 7124 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Dan Clough 1:123/115 12 Mar 22 11:18:00 Кому : Shaun Buzza 12 Mar 22 11:18:00 Тема : Re: 2022 FTSC Standing Member Election - Votes Received FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2586.fido_ftscpubl@1:123/115+26921834 На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:229/110+4fc0e740 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== Ответ: area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:229/110+d1e7666e ============================================================================== -=> Shaun Buzza wrote to Dan Clough <=-
DC> Well, in effect it would be, sort of. But, that wasn't the point. I DC> was debating your claim that in real-world politics, "no" votes and DC> abstentions are counted. They are not, because there *ARE* no "no" DC> votes. When I look at my election ballot, I can choose to vote for DC> *ONE* candidate, which is a "yes" vote. There is no choice to pencil in DC> for a "no" vote.
SB> Realistically, one could vote for both candidates, or otherwise SB> invalidate the ballot card, which would be considered a 'spoilt SB> vote', or essentially an abstention. I know, I'm picking nits SB> here, but I did find reference to specifically this while doing SB> my due diligence on the word 'abstention':
SB> "In another manner, an intentionally spoilt vote could be SB> interpreted as an active abstention. An intentionally spoilt vote SB> is caused by a voter who turns to an election and invalidates the SB> ballot paper in some way."
While this is probably true, it is also irrelevant to the discussion at hand. Again, on a real-world ballot, there is not a place to vote "NO".
Disclaimer: The above refers to voting for candidates for an elected position. I do realize that sometimes ballots contain yes/no votes for things like referendums or propositions. There, that should save you some time... ;-)
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