Subj : 2022 FTSC Stag Member Electiection - Votes Received
To : Dan Clough
From : Richard Menedetter
Date : Fri Mar 11 2022 04:29 pm
Hi Dan!
11 Mar 2022 07:34, from Dan Clough -> Shaun Buzza:
SB>> There is a reason that real-world politics count abstentions
SB>> along with yes and no votes. It has to be a majority vote; the
SB>> majority of *all* votes, including abstentions, must be either
SB>> yes or no.
DC> This is not correct, at least for elections that I'm familiar with,
DC> in the USA. We count *ONLY* YES votes. You do not need a majority
DC> of all votes, you simply need more YES votes than the number of YES
DC> votes that your opponent gets. That's it. There are no NO votes, and
DC> there are millions of abstentions, which just means.... nothing.
Same in Austria.
But I guess he is just trolling.
CU, Ricsi
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