>Even with this discussion of the name, OpenKard, WildCard, Public Card,
>etc,. etc., --- an percentage vote would be one of the very best ways to
>select the name. It would also help in selecting out the top choices as
>well. Case in point: Say I like one option to 0% -- but three other other
>options equal --- then I'd split my 100% vote to 0, 33, 33, 34 percent. In
>a two-way decision, if a voting member does NOT care one way or the other
>about the outcome, that person can vote 50-50 -- and then leave the bulk of
>the weight of the vote to be determined by those who care greatly about that
>specific issue. In this way, voters can vote percentages of support for
>various choices.
Mark,
this doesn't sound bad! Many of you might know that in Switzerland, people
are allowed to vote about almost every issue. But they're only allowed to
vote "Yes" or "No". This leads to very good laws not passing because they
don't go far enough for most people, or the other way round, because they
go too far in a single aspect.
I think this percentage voting system would be great -- it could still
become mob rule, but since people can split I think this won't be that much
of a problem. So, my suggestion is a voting mechanism with percentage
votes. We should also make frequent use of polls, where people have an
additional option of saying "I want to re-discuss the following aspect".
It should be possible to vote both via WWW and via e-mail, though, since
this'd make it easier for people to vote, which means we'll get more people
to vote (in Switzerland, the average number of people actually voting is
below 50%, last that I heard).
>We could also say that a specific percent vote of some higher percentage
>(say 75%) would be necessary to get a major element changed, -- example:
>allowing for a new partner to join the ranks.
Maybe we could say a higher percentage than 50% is always needed. This
would make it closer to consensus again. Maybe 65%...?
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
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