David Hobby wrote:
>
> The issue of having the list vote on a question seems to
> keep coming up. May I propose the following method?
> Anyone can ask for such a vote, by putting "List Vote" in
> the subject line of a post. Then the first twenty (say) list
> members who care may vote by replying to that post. If this shows
> a clear consensus (more than 90% either way), then we should all
> regard the question as settled. If fewer than 20 replies are
> posted before two days have passed, we declare the question moot
> because of voter apathy. And if the first 20 posts do not show
> a clear consensus, then we have to either come up with a better
> polling method or give up.
> We of course do not allow multiple votes by one individual,
> and so on. Even given that taking the first 20 posts results in
> a biased sample, the method should be reliable in the extreme cases
> where I propose to apply it.
How do we screen for 1 person having multiple e-mail addresses? Just
wondering.
Julia
