On May 31, 2011, at 2:34 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> A Two-Thirds Majority does allow for more voters to object but at the
> same time it requires many more voters explicitly to approve, so in terms
> of overall effort it's "harder".
Sounds like you're describing an _absolute_ two-thirds majority. Where nobody
objects, a standard two-thirds majority only requires 3 approvals. That's not
"many more" explicit approvals. And a _three-vote_ consensus is strictly more
difficult than a (standard) two-thirds majority: both require three yeses, but
the three-vote consensus allows no nos (for example, in a group of 100, a 3-1
or 4-2 vote passes two-thirds majority but not three-vote consensus).
(Just noticed when working out specific numbers: simple majority uses '>'
("more of"), while two-thirds majority uses '>=' ("at least"). That
distinction may be significant among small groups; might be good to be more
explicit about it.)
—Dan
