Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (479 mails)

[Karsten König <remur@xxxxxxx>]

Am Sonntag, 16. Januar 2011, 21:13:46 schrieb Stephan Kleine:
> On Sunday January 16 2011 20:46:32 Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> > On Sunday 16 January 2011 09:51:16 Basil Chupin wrote:
> > > On 16/01/2011 18:50, jdd wrote:
> > > > Le 16/01/2011 08:00, Basil Chupin a écrit :
> > > > > The votes were cast for that person and therefore they belong to
> > > > > him, and it is therefore up to him to do with them as he pleases -
> > > > > he can allocate them to whomever he chooses.
> > > >
> > > > certainly not. Votes are done and can't be changed by anybody
> > > >
> > > > jdd
> > >
> > > The votes don't belong to anybody but the person who attracted them.
> > > They certainly don't belong to anybody else, and absolutely certainly
> > > there is nothing in any "rules" which states otherwise.
> >
> > I agree. And if that person retracts his candidacy, the votes which were
> > given to him are void. Seems simple enough.
>
> Why should I have one less vote just cause I voted for someone who retracts
> his candidacy either cause he wants or cause of 3rd party events - e.g.
> cause he got hit by a bus?
>
> Simply leave the poll open until the end so one can change ones votes and
> the problem is gone.

That would require to store whom you voted for, which is not how votes should 
be done (store who voted, but not what his vote was)


Cheers,
Karsten
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