Subj : Re: 2022 FTSC Standing Member Election - Votes Received
To   : Andre Robitaille
From : Shaun Buzza
Date : Sat Mar 12 2022 12:15 pm

 AR> What Shaun is describing is called an "absolute majority," where the
 AR> 'yes' votes need to be one more than half of the eligible voters.

More or less. I was calling it a "majority decision", but that's what I had in
mind, at least one more 'yes' (or 'no') than half of all votes.

 AR> There is only a single reference that I can find in the FidoNet Policy 
 AR> about needing an absolute majority, and that's the Zone Coordinator  
 AR> election. Other than that, all voting mechanics are extremely vague.

Yes, extremely vague indeed! This ambiguity is what caused me to start this
whole discussion in the first place!

 AR> And FWIW, that document has been in effect for thirty years and FidoNet
 AR> is still here.

I wouldn't expect Fidonet to immediately implode if that document were to be
changed, either. After all, we have seen our Election Coordinator blatantly
ignore that document once already, in this very election.

McDoob
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