On the board meeting two hours ago we discussed adding an "abstain" option to future votes. We unanimously agreed.
That is, future votings shall include "abstain" as a choice.
Thank you to all who provided feedback!
Gerald
PS: We understand board elections allow a flexible number of choices, including choosing no candidate, so we do not see this as applicable there.
Hi Gerald,
I suggest that the option be called "blank vote" rather than "abstain".
Abstention by definition would be not voting.
Therefore, with the "blank vote" we can differentiate between the percentage of abstention (i.e people who did not vote) and people who voted but didn't like any of the choices presented (i.e therefore a "blank vote").
Regards,
Ish Sookun
On 11/13/19 3:14 AM, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
On the board meeting two hours ago we discussed adding an "abstain" option to future votes. We unanimously agreed.
That is, future votings shall include "abstain" as a choice.
Thank you to all who provided feedback!
Gerald
PS: We understand board elections allow a flexible number of choices, including choosing no candidate, so we do not see this as applicable there.
"None of the above" is what's normally suggested and both has the benefit of being a definite choice and can be used on list choices as well as binary yes / no choices.
Yours David
Hi David,
On 11/13/19 12:37 PM, Administrator wrote:
"None of the above" is what's normally suggested and both has the benefit of being a definite choice and can be used on list choices as well as binary yes / no choices.
Yes, that would be fine as well.
Regards,
Ish Sookun
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On 13/11/2019 09.47, Ish Sookun wrote:
Hi David,
On 11/13/19 12:37 PM, Administrator wrote:
"None of the above" is what's normally suggested and both has the benefit of being a definite choice and can be used on list choices as well as binary yes / no choices.
Yes, that would be fine as well.
No, it wouldn't.
I the opensuse name vote, "none of the above" would not cover my possible vote, which basically was "I don't know" or "I don't understand ".
The correct one is "blank" or "abstain" (it is the one chosen in my legislation), while "none of the above" is another different possibility when choosing one or more from a list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstention
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Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar)
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On Wed 2019-11-13, Ish Sookun wrote:
On the board meeting two hours ago we discussed adding an "abstain" option to future votes. We unanimously agreed.
That is, future votings shall include "abstain" as a choice.
Thank you to all who provided feedback!
I suggest that the option be called "blank vote" rather than "abstain".
Abstention by definition would be not voting.
Therefore, with the "blank vote" we can differentiate between the percentage of abstention (i.e people who did not vote) and people who voted but didn't like any of the choices presented (i.e therefore a "blank vote").
I am confident to say that we did not focus on the naming of that option, but having (or not having) such an option, so happy to follow your recommendation as election official, Ish.
Thank you, Gerald
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On 13/11/2019 00.14, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
On the board meeting two hours ago we discussed adding an "abstain" option to future votes. We unanimously agreed.
That is, future votings shall include "abstain" as a choice.
Thank you!
- -- Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 23:14:20 +0000, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
On the board meeting two hours ago we discussed adding an "abstain" option to future votes. We unanimously agreed.
That is, future votings shall include "abstain" as a choice.
Thank you!
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