Sam Hartman wrote: > > Aj has made what seems to me to be a compelling argument that > > 1) local quorum is not flawed in this case > > 2) The Debian community wants B to win votes of this form. > > What we are saying is that we are giving minorities the power in > certain limited cases to overrule the majority and force us to select > an second acceptable option in preference to an acceptable option more > preferred by the majority. I.E. when options are fairly close, a > minority finding a particular option unacceptable can change the > outcome of the election.
correct me if i am wrong, but, isn't quorum suppoed to _prevent_ minority rule? now you are saying that minority rule is good, and desired? if that is the case, i recommend scrapping the entire idea of quorum, as it breaks condorcet in strange and interesting ways. in this case, the options were not fairly close at all. 10 people prefered A over B. only five people prefered B over A. that is a 2:1 margin. that is a 2/3'ds majority in favour of A, and it still lost. -john