On 18 September 2012 08:50, Jon Davies <[email protected]> wrote:
> +2 > > > On 18 September 2012 08:43, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 17 September 2012 23:40, James Farrar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Frankly, I have never trusted electoral systems that rely on computers >> to >> > the point that the votes go in, a button is pushed, and a black box >> churns >> > out a result. I'd be much happier with a system that can if necessary be >> > recounted by hand so that there's a backup just in case. >> >> >> +1. Oh my goodness yes. >> > Multi-seat STV/ERS97 is just about hand-countable... with the tellers having to edit the ballot paper's values regularly during a transfer of surplus. > >> The Open Rights Group adopted a system that was so ridiculously geeky >> ... I helped do the count for the last board election (i.e., typed the >> paper votes into a spreadsheet), I wrote the guide to how the ORG >> voting system works and I still don't really understand it. Don't let >> geeks too near the system! Perfect is the enemy of comprehensible! >> >> (The votes and the software were made available for examination and >> running oneself, but that's not IMO as good as a system we can >> understand. But the system is specified in the ORG constitution, so >> we're stuck with it. >> http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2012/board-election-result ) >> >> >> - d. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> > > > > -- > *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 > tweet @jonatreesdavies > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. > > Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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