Oh, I wouldnt go so far as that. I suspect our old mate apathy is wandering the halls of corru..power.Kuroneko wrote:Not voting seems like an effective method of defeating a popular proposal, more so than voting no. There's definitely something wrong with such a situation.
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How many Senators are active members? I count at least three (Kuja, InnerBrat, and The Duchess of Zeon) whom I haven't seen post recently, but that could simply be the fact there are some subforums I don't lurk. However, that doesn't account for the fact there are polls with only a handful of votes.
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I'm sure it's apathy, but what Kuroneko is saying is that if, say, 5 people didn't want a vote to pass, then those 5 people could simply not vote, given the current poll turnouts.Stuart Mackey wrote:Oh, I wouldnt go so far as that. I suspect our old mate apathy is wandering the halls of corru..power.Kuroneko wrote:Not voting seems like an effective method of defeating a popular proposal, more so than voting no. There's definitely something wrong with such a situation.
If they vote, then the measure could pass with a 50% quorum. Say 21-5-0.
If they don't vote, then the measure wouldn't pass. It'd be 21-0-0, but quorum wasn't met. Those 5 non-votes just held more power than 21 "yes" votes.
However, voting "no" should carry more power than not voting.
On the other hand, there should be an understanding that such an abuse of the system would be frowned upon. If there are 5 people leaning towards "no" in the discussion and poll threads, but 0 "no" votes, then something would definitely look fishy.
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OK then, this'll get put in now.
*sigh* you realise this now means I have to come up with a punny title for the entry... the work I do for you people, no appreciation.*mutter* *mumble* *grumble*
*sigh* you realise this now means I have to come up with a punny title for the entry... the work I do for you people, no appreciation.*mutter* *mumble* *grumble*
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Done, it's now the new rule 3, the rest following have been renumbered. Also I changed the punny title for the Nominations and moved One senator, one vote onto this new one. See lateral thinking, that's why I'm Chancellor and you're not - that and I'm actually Mikes sock-puppet account, crap I never wrote that, ignore the man behind the curtain.Rob Wilson wrote:OK then, this'll get put in now.
*sigh* you realise this now means I have to come up with a punny title for the entry... the work I do for you people, no appreciation.*mutter* *mumble* *grumble*
"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with, until you understand whose in f***ing command here!" Jayne : Firefly
"The officers can stay in the admin building and read the latest Tom Clancy novel thinking up new OOBs based on it." Coyote
HAB Tankspotter - like trainspotting but with the thrill of 125mm retaliation if they spot you back
"The officers can stay in the admin building and read the latest Tom Clancy novel thinking up new OOBs based on it." Coyote
HAB Tankspotter - like trainspotting but with the thrill of 125mm retaliation if they spot you back