On Sun 05 Dec 2010 13:47 -0500, Kaiting Chen wrote:
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:42 PM, PyroPeter <abi1789@googlemail.com> wrote:
On 12/05/2010 03:11 AM, Xyne wrote:
I'm halfway tempted to create the flowchart but I just don't have the time. If someone wants to adapt the dot file from the Arch Linux Help Guide Flowchart, feel free:
http://xyne.archlinux.ca/miscellaneous/#the-arch-linux-help-guide-flowchart
Make sure that "Blame Allan" is in there somewhere (Was quorum reached? --no--> Blame Allan --> etc)
I created a flowchart about the Standard Voting Procedure [1], but I had problems understanding this bit:
A simple majority is needed to pass or reject the motion. In the event of a draw, being that 50% is not a majority, the motion does not pass.
Isn't "reject" the same as "does not pass"? And what means "being that 50% is not a majority"? (50% of what?)
As I showed in the graph, I understood the quoted text as follows:
If more than 50% of the votes cast for YES, the motion passes, if not, it is rejected.
That's the correct interpretation. A simple majority requires *greater* than 50% of the votes cast which is what the part up above was trying to express.
"Did more than 50% of the votes cast for YES?" should be changed to: "Are the number of YES votes greater than the number of NO votes?" Remember abstained votes don't count as votes.