On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 00:28:39 +0300, Gutza <gutza(a)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.
--
Richard Grevers
Between two evils always pick the one you haven't tried