[PSF-Community] Selection Message in Helios

[Naomi Ceder]

Thanks for clarifying, David.

Let me second that message - you can vote for as many or as few of the
nominees as you want, and your votes will be recorded.

As David suggests, if everyone voted for all the candidates, there wouldn't
be a decision.

Cheers,
Naomi

On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 at 15:15, David Mertz <mertz at gnosis.cx> wrote:

> I am delighted to have just completed my vote for the slate of the 2020
> term PSF Board.  As my personal voting strategy, I read all of the
> candidate statements, and nominator statements where they were made, and
> basically tried to come up with any reason in my mind why a given candidate
> was not absolutely my highest preference.  That said, even if ALL 4 seats
> go to folks I did not vote for, I will remain delighted by the outcome,
> since there are so many wonderful candidates running.
>
> At the completion of selection (in my case, of 11 candidates), I was
> presented with this message:
>
> [you under-voted: you may select up to 26]
>>
>
> I was, in the past, the PSF Voting Administrator, and introduced the use
> of Approval Voting as the election method (many years ago now).  So I get
> what this means, but I am concerned that the phrasing may confuse new
> voters, or simply those less wrapped up in election arcana.  I do not know
> if it is possible now to adjust that phrase slightly.
>
> ANY number of votes, from zero to 26 is technically valid in the Approval
> Voting style.  It is a little bit pointless to vote for exactly 0 or
> exactly 26, since your vote will not affect the outcome in those cases (but
> it is still valid, and registers your participation).  But any number of
> approvals from 1 to 25 will in some manner legitimately express a
> differential preference.
>
> When you vote, if you see a similar message, do not be alarmed by it.  You
> are given an opportunity there to adjust your votes, if you wish, but you
> may also simply submit your vote with your desired number of selections,
> and it will be valid and counted.
>
> Yours, David...
>
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