[Foundation-l] Notice of the results of the WMF Board ofTrustees election

[Casey Brown]

If I understand correctly, the type of voting is left up to the Election
Committee of that year's collection.  If so, you will need to bother them
with this in the future (around or during next year's election).

Casey Brown
Cbrown1023

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[mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Peter Halasz
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Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Notice of the results of the WMF Board
ofTrustees election

I assume this has already been discussed before, but rather than
tweaking the system we're currently using ("approval voting"), why not
use a different voting system in future that doesn't have these
problems. Namely using preferential voting (i.e. ordering your votes,
for instant runoff)? Then voters have to think less about the strategy
needed to express their preferences.

Quote from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting
As approval voting does not offer a single method of expressing
sincere preferences, but rather a plethora of them, voters are
encouraged to analyze their fellow voters' preferences and use that
information to decide which candidates to vote for.

See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting

Peter Halasz
(user:Pengo)

Also, am I the only one who thinks that 4000 ballots is not a bad turnout?

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