There is a reason that real-world politics count abstentionsThis is not correct, at least for elections that I'm familiar with,
along with yes and no votes. It has to be a majority vote; the
majority of *all* votes, including abstentions, must be either
yes or no.
in the USA. We count *ONLY* YES votes. You do not need a majority
of all votes, you simply need more YES votes than the number of YES
votes that your opponent gets. That's it. There are no NO votes, and
there are millions of abstentions, which just means.... nothing.
Same in Austria.
But I guess he is just trolling.
For instance, I haven't resorted to name-calling. (o_O)
For instance, I haven't resorted to name-calling. (o_O)
What's in a name? You took a typo by Richard and mildly ridiculed him
for it ....
On 03-12-22 08:54, Dan Clough <=-
spoke to Shaun Buzza about Re: 2022 FTSC Standing Me <=-
Well, in effect it would be, sort of. But, that wasn't the point. I
was debating your claim that in real-world politics, "no" votes and abstentions are counted. They are not, because there *ARE* no "no" votes. When I look at my election ballot, I can choose to vote for
*ONE* candidate, which is a "yes" vote. There is no choice to pencil
in for a "no" vote. It is NOT a majority vote to win an election. It
is simply a matter of getting more YES votes than your opponent(s). Which is what I said there above...
On 03-12-22 09:56, Andre Robitaille <=-
spoke to Dan Clough about Re: 2022 FTSC Standing Me <=-
What Shaun is describing is called an "absolute majority,"
where the 'yes' votes need to be one more than half of the
eligible voters.
What Shaun is describing is called an "absolute majority,"
where the 'yes' votes need to be one more than half of the
eligible voters.
And that is always a rule for disaster for any organization.
Dale Shipp wrote to Dan Clough <=-
Well, in effect it would be, sort of. But, that wasn't the point. I
was debating your claim that in real-world politics, "no" votes and abstentions are counted. They are not, because there *ARE* no "no"
votes. When I look at my election ballot, I can choose to vote for
*ONE* candidate, which is a "yes" vote. There is no choice to pencil
in for a "no" vote. It is NOT a majority vote to win an election. It
is simply a matter of getting more YES votes than your opponent(s).
Which is what I said there above...
In some cases, it takes a majority to win an election. That can
happen when according to the rules if no candidate has a
majority, then there is a run off between the top two.
What Shaun is describing is called an "absolute majority,"
where the 'yes' votes need to be one more than half of the
eligible voters.
And that is always a rule for disaster for any organization.
Yes ... 100% ....
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