Subj : Re: 2022 FTSC Standing M
To   : Dan Clough
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Sun Mar 13 2022 12:42 am

 -=> On 03-12-22  08:54,  Dan Clough <=-
 -=> spoke to Shaun Buzza about Re: 2022 FTSC Standing Me <=-

 DC> Well, in effect it would be, sort of.  But, that wasn't the point.  I 
 DC> was debating your claim that in real-world politics, "no" votes and 
 DC> abstentions are counted.  They are not, because there *ARE* no "no" 
 DC> votes.  When I look at my election ballot, I can choose to vote for 
 DC> *ONE* candidate, which is a "yes" vote.  There is no choice to pencil
 DC> in  for a "no" vote.  It is NOT a majority vote to win an election.  It
 DC> is  simply a matter of getting more YES votes than your opponent(s). 
 DC> 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.

                               Dale Shipp
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