Bruce, All,
I share Bruce's impression:
"I did not see Jiri or Filia or anyone objecting to a secret ballot."
I'm glad that Mirek recommends a hybrid scheme (ie. one allowing each
voter secret or open ballot), because probably the hybrid is what most
of our membership really want. The sharp division between those voting
for secret vs. open ballot was just an artefact of how the
question was posed!
A strong deliberative process will uncover hidden consensus. So I
think that this simple experience of setting up an election provides a
lesson concerning the value of deliberation in framing questions.
Mark
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Bruce Eggum wrote:
I did not see Jiri or Filia or anyone objecting to a
secret ballot.
Bruce
On 5/2/07, WDDM
webmaster <
wbm@world-wide-democracy.net> wrote:
Hi
again!
Since yesterday, we got 3 more votes/opinions on how to conduct WDDM
Board
elections: 1 on the site for secret ballot (with option to disclose
afterwards), and 2 by e-mail for open vote. So it's now 3 votes for
open vote,
to 4 for secret vote (3.5 for secret and 3.5 for open if you want). So
that's
no consensus at all. According to the consensus-based simple initial
rules I
was advocating two years ago at WDDM relaunch, we should now wait and
continue
discussion until better consensus is reached.
But this charter/board business has been already dragging long
enough. So
what do you say to the following compromise: Let's use both methods for
this
election. Those who prefer open vote may send in their vote by e-mail
(as Filia
and Jiri more or less have already done), and those who prefer the
secret
ballot could do it on the voting page on the WDDM site (for this hybrid
case I
would not scramble voter IDs in the voting database to make sure
somebody does
not vote both by e-mail and on the site).
If you agree with this, no action is needed. You need to reply only
if you
object a hybrid vote. I'll wait for another day to see if there are any
objections.
Mirek
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