Hi, Andrew -- on Mar 08 2022 at 13:51, you wrote:

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Hi Dan!

11 Mar 2022 07:34, from Dan Clough -> Shaun Buzza:

There is a reason that real-world politics count abstentions
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.

This is not correct, at least for elections that I'm familiar with,
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.

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Same in Austria.
But I guess he is just trolling.

Asking for clarification from the person who is in charge is 'trolling' in Austria? Or, did you mean, continuing to discuss the issue when people who are not in charge join in?

Believe me, sir, this is not trolling, at least on my part. I daresay I'm
being quite civil. For instance, I haven't resorted to name-calling. (o_O)

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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 ....

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You> No, sir, I do not habe it. *****************************************************************************

We stopped jumping on typo's when the one whose name we can't mention, kicked the bucket.

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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 ....

There is a big difference between giving a guy a mild ribbing, and being a troll. (o_O)

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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...

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.

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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.

And that is always a rule for disaster for any organization.

Dale Shipp
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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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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.

This is true, now that you mention it. I have seen that happen a few
times. I think it's usually in more minor/smaller elections such as a
state legislature or state/local position of some kind.



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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% ....

Surely it's possible to rig elections, so that you can win even if you don't get an absolute majority? It happens all the time in fascist countries, when they have e.g. presidential elections...



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