On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 00:28:39 +0300, Gutza gutza@moongate.ro gave utterance to the following:
Jimmy Wales wrote:
But seriously, although I voted the way you did (well, in the preliminary vote, at least... I neglected to vote in round 2, I'm sorry to report), lots of people *did* vote that way, right? So, unless they are like me, they probably did so without feeling retarded.
I refrained from voting altogether because I'm one of the logo authors and didn't want to cheat -- I obviously wouldn't have been able to refrain from voting my own contributions, and that would've been biased.
It is standard practice for candidates to vote in an election, and I would expect them to vote for themselves (except when they live in a different constituency). Interestingly, no one has raised the issue of open ballots, where the votes of previous voters are visible to and capable of influencing those who vote later. My definition of a democratic process includes the ballots being closed until the close of voting.