On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 13:28 +1100, PROUT - Progressive Utilisation wrote: > 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.
Why not disallow abstentions then, since an abstention becomes absolutely equivalent to a no vote? -Scott Ritchie ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
