Community Council/Counting methods

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#* [[Community Council#Election process|Item #5]] becomes "''The 5 nominees ranked highest by a reweighted range voting system are elected.''"
#* [[Community Council#Election process|Item #5]] becomes "''The 5 nominees ranked highest by a reweighted range voting system are elected.''"
# '''None of the above.'''
# '''None of the above.'''
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#* No change is made to the election process, and so please be aware this is a vote for option 1. However, it does allow you to indicate that you think none of these options is satisfactory.
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#* This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory (i.e. you are sumbiting a spoiled ballot paper).

Revision as of 23:29, 16 February 2009

The following referendum is to decide which method will be used to decide winners of Maemo Community Council elections. Three options are proposed: first past the post, single transferable vote and reweighted range voting.

Proposed options

The changes mentioned below will be made to items #4 and #5 in the Council election process.

  1. No change ("first-five-candidates-past-the-post")
    • Item #4 remains "Each community member gets one vote."
    • Item #5 remains "The 5 nominees with the most votes are elected."
  2. A single transferrable vote system (rank your preferred candidates) [council preferred option]
    • Item #4 becomes "Each community member eligible to vote gets a single ballot."
    • Item #5 becomes "The 5 nominees voted for most, as counted by a single transferrable vote system are elected."
    • This option is preferred by the Maemo Community Council as being easiest to understand and gives a satisfactory outcome.
  3. A reweighted range voting system (give *each* candidate a score 0-100)
    • Item #4 becomes "Each community member eligible to vote gets a single ballot."
    • Item #5 becomes "The 5 nominees ranked highest by a reweighted range voting system are elected."
  4. None of the above.
    • This option allows you to indicate that you think none of the options were satisfactory (i.e. you are sumbiting a spoiled ballot paper).