Author: steven blincoe
Date: 15:56:28 03/12/04
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>> >>>>Final Results: >>>>Michael Byrne 28.29 % >>>>Richard Pijl 24.22 % >>>>Russell Reagan 21.12 % >>>>Peter Skinner 13.95 % >>>>Stuart Taylor 12.40 % > >It is a well-known annoyance in voting procedures that many people will vote for >the first N names on the ballot they see. The candidates appeared in >alphabetical order, and the first N were the winners. while it cannot be said for certain that this indeed is what occurred,a shroud of doubt now covers the election process. i hereby and forthwith make the following Election procedure modification recommendations: Firstly..to insure that voters will no longer pick the first 3 names by alphabetical order at the top of the list... each time the ballot page is refreshed, the candidates names should be randomly ordered on the election list,much like Fischer Random Chess people wishing to vote for the candidates they want will of course be uneffected by the placement of names on the list and those that choose otherwise will not be creating an election result skewed towards a candidates name by birth Secondly... before a vote can be officially tallied, a series of emails should be initiated between the voter and the folks maintaining this site first a request to place the vote,,followed by a "go ahead and vote"reply then a reply confirming that the vote was indeed cast,to be followed up by a confirmation of same i invision perhaps no more then 6-8 back and forth emails before the vote is officially counted the slight drawback of this of course, is that instead of 525 some odd votes cast the total would probably be reduced to under 25,,but the quality and integrity of the voting will be restored Lastly..it should be noted that many tens of thousands of chess programmers gave their very lifes in order for us to exercise the freedom to vote in free elections here ..i think we should take at least vote by am means other then pure hunt and peck Respectfully Submitted Steve Blincoe
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