The context is simply that there are say 60 people in a room - all present - and all entitled to vote. All are members of an organisation or association.
30 abstain 20 vote yes 10 vote no I believe as they are all entitled to vote and the majority do not have the the yes votes, it means the motion/matter is not carried. : : 1. Re: Abstaining from voting (Abd ulRahman Lomax) : : :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : :Message: 1 :Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:03:45 -0500 :From: Abd ulRahman Lomax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :Subject: Re: [EM] Abstaining from voting :To: <[email protected]> :Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed : :At 05:09 PM 1/12/2006, Dharmadeva wrote: :>What is the situation if there are more abstentions then yes :and no votes? : :Depends. What is the situation at a meeting if a vote is taken :by show of hands and most people decide to abstain? What is :the situation if most members of an organization don't show up :at the meeting, but, perhaps, a quorum is present and a vote is taken? : :If you really want to ask the question, specify the context better. :Is this a public election? Where? Are the "abstentions" blank :ballots? Or are they people who didn't show up to vote? : ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
