Actually the formula used (S/S+O) is from a ranking point identical to
(S-O/S+O) (=(S-O)/(Total-Neutral). And the result would have been
different if the formula (S-O)/Total had been used (Maria would have
been in). So in some ways it was the Neutral votes who decided, or
rather that the formula used disregard the Neutral ones, saw them as
identical to abstain.
A discussion exist on the election pages already and for future election
it is worthwhile to look into how the neutral votes should be taken into
account (and if there a distinction between abstain and neutral).
Anders
Den 2016-01-29 kl. 18:02, skrev Yaroslav M. Blanter:
Whereas this is a correct statement, it is irrelevant. The voters
voted knowing that only support votes count. If the system were
different, they could have voted differently.
Cheers
Yaroslav
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