On Wednesday 30 November 2005 20:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> After reading both proposals I found them both lacking.
> I tend to agree with the claim that regulating where the discussions
> are made is pointless.
> I for one do not normally use IRC, I do not find it comfortable
> I much prefer E-mail or Web-base forum, it is my experience that
> less nonsense is said this way more complete and coherent messages
> are written and the lack of speed/immediacy seems unimportant.
>
> voting should definitely be done on a long (24 hours is reasonable) time
> period not in minutes.
> It would be silly to use an e-voting system which doesn't make it easy
> to vote and making sure everybody is free in the exact minute is very
> difficult.
>
> section 20 in Alon's proposal regarding disputes seems impractical
> because in order to allow such a dispute you would need to hold a vote
> regarding the validity of the vote which is silly.
>
> All in all I think Shachar's proposal makes a much better base
> for an E-voting system, however:
>
> a. Snail mail notification seems redundant.
> b. I would like more specifics, mainly I would like to ensure I have a
> chance to review all the details and source code of a voting system before
> it becomes valid.
> what does accepting the proposal now mean? any system the vaad accepts
> which works according to the proposal is valid?
> Or will ther be yet another stage of accepting a specific existing system?
>
> c. I think allowing Condorcet voting would be a good idea, so
> we can support many similar contradictory proposals.(Debian fashion),
> this is not to say all votes should be held in this manner.
>
The problem with the Codorcet voting system is that it's quite complicated and
as a result deters people from voting.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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