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>> 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.
SB>> Um, wouldn't a vote for your opponent automatically be a vote SB>> against you, or a 'no'? Just sayin...
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. It is NOT a majority vote to win an election. It is DC> simply a matter of getting more YES votes than your opponent(s). Which DC> is what I said there above...
I ha e a question, are spoilt ballots not reported in the US?
The way I see the election, there are X number of RC's in the nodelist. Y number have sent in a vote of whatever sort. That's a simple percentage of who had voted and who hasn't. it has nothing to do with abstentions
Then if someone votes. they have the three candidates listed and vote either yes or no for two of them. the tied one listed with no vote recorded is an abstention.
Listing the yes, no and abstentions is easy enough. it would be purely for information as the rules are clear. only yes and no voted count.
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