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

[Ray Saintonge]

Stephen Bain wrote:

>On 7/13/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
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>>I wouldn't blame either the WMF or the election committee for this.  We
>>aren't running a kindergarten.  If eligible voters can't be bothered to
>>look when an election is advertised in all reasonable places, they get
>>the result they deserve.
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>That presumes that people know when the election is going to happen in
>the first place. This election was not advertised in all reasonable
>places; it was not mentioned in the anonnotice, for example.
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What's the point of notifying people who are not eligible to vote?

>>Democratic institutions are not about the responsibilities of the ruling
>>structure, but about the responsibilities of the citizenry.  Do
>>countries which make voting obligatory get any better results?
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>We get very good turnouts here in Australia. It's much rarer for a
>leader to be elected on 25% of the possible vote than it is in a
>voluntary system.
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Bu does imposing this on people make the results any better. The right 
to vote should include the right not to vote.

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