On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 10:44:09PM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> so: the need to get seconds (normally, 5) is in no way, shape, or form a
> reflection of the vote tallying method.

That's a non-sensical claim. The current system is exactly equivalent
to having a ballot that consists of any proposal anyone makes ever, eg:

          ,--------- Do you second? Y/N
         |    ,---- Ranking
         |   |
         V   V
        [ ] [ ] Option A
        [ ] [ ] Option B
        [ ] [ ] Option C
        [ ] [ ] Option D
           .
           .
           .
        --- [ ] Further Discussion

and adding the rule that if less than 5 people mark a "Y" for each option
in the first column, it's removed from consideration. The difference is
in the annoyance when managing the vote, not in the final outcome; which
is to say that whether seconding is a detail of the tallying mechanism
is purely an implementation detail.

Cheers,
aj

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