[Wikipedia-l] Important Election Notice

[Ray Saintonge]

Delirium wrote:

> Ray Saintonge wrote:
>
>> daniwo59 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> Each voter will be allowed to vote for as many of the candidates as 
>>> they see fit for each position. The candidate with the most votes 
>>> for each position, will be declared the winner.
>>
>> When there are only two positions to be filled, this should 
>> effectively turn the election into a joke.
>
> Why would that be?  It's fine even if there were only one position to 
> be filled --- see [[approval voting]].

The point is one of process.  I am aware of FPTP and its problems, and I 
certainly feel that we could improve on that method.  The time to do 
that comes before the election starts.  There may be merit in approval 
voting; it may also have its down side.  I can't say for sure.

What creates disrepute is the sudden adoption of these things *after* 
the election process has started.  Did we learn nothing from our 
experience with the logo vote?

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