On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 15:06, Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > > However, despite the option being labelled an abstention, it is NOT an > abstention. > Technically, it is a "spoiled ballot." Spoiled ballots DO contribute to a > quorum in > most voting systems. [...]
Really? Wikipedia says [1]: In voting, a ballot is considered spoilt, spoiled, void, null, informal, invalid or stray if a law declares or an election authority determines that it is invalid and thus **not included in the vote count**. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoilt_vote I can confirm this for Switzerland (for elections and votings by the people and in the parliaments). > As I see it, we have three options: > > 1. Treat it as an abstention, and continue to call it an abstention. It does > not count towards the quorum. In which case it should appear separately > from the yes/no votes (or at least placed before yes/no votes) to avoid > confusion. > The talk page would theoretically be the best place for abstentions, but > practically would mean that any points raised would be less likely to be > seen by other voters. Approval would be based on total yes/no votes > and ratio of yes to no votes. +1 for option 1 Markus aka SelfishSeahorse _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
