On Sun 05 Dec 2010 13:47 -0500, Kaiting Chen wrote: > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:42 PM, PyroPeter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 12/05/2010 03:11 AM, Xyne wrote: > > > >> I'm halfway tempted to create the flowchart but I just don't have the > >> time. If > >> someone wants to adapt the dot file from the Arch Linux Help Guide > >> Flowchart, > >> feel free: > >> > >> > >> http://xyne.archlinux.ca/miscellaneous/#the-arch-linux-help-guide-flowchart > >> > >> Make sure that "Blame Allan" is in there somewhere (Was quorum reached? > >> --no--> > >> Blame Allan --> etc) > >> > > > > I created a flowchart about the Standard Voting Procedure [1], but I had > > problems understanding this bit: > > > > > A simple majority is needed to pass or reject the motion. In the > > > event of a draw, being that 50% is not a majority, the motion does > > > not pass. > > > > Isn't "reject" the same as "does not pass"? > > And what means "being that 50% is not a majority"? (50% of what?) > > > > As I showed in the graph, I understood the quoted text as follows: > > > > > If more than 50% of the votes cast for YES, the motion passes, > > > if not, it is rejected. > > That's the correct interpretation. A simple majority requires *greater* than > 50% of the votes cast which is what the part up above was trying to express.
"Did more than 50% of the votes cast for YES?" should be changed to: "Are the number of YES votes greater than the number of NO votes?" Remember abstained votes don't count as votes.
