Hahahaha. So all this fight is for NOTA ? I'm so sorry. LoL Le 1 sept. 2016 16:20, "Stephanie Perrin" <[log in to unmask]> a écrit : > Yes thanks for explaining this clearly, I really did not understand this > at the time I wrote that. I do find that a weird construction, in a ranked > vote. I had thought even if NOTA came first, as he/she would if everyone > voted for him/her, that then the next two candidates would fall in line. > NOTA would of course get the two year term....:-) > > Stephanie > > On 2016-09-01 2:57, Tapani Tarvainen wrote: > > Picking up loose threads: > > On Aug 25 15:06, Stephanie Perrin ([log in to unmask]) wrote: > > > Folks I am no math wizard, but it does seem to me that Avri's > explanation is correct (and the later, more haiku version even > better). If every single voter voted for one or two Council > candidates and NOTA, then NOTA would win, and the candidate with the > fewest votes would drop off. Seems obvious to me. The candidate > with the fewest votes always drops off. > > > This may seem obvious to you, but it is *not* how it now works > (nor did Avri explain it that way - her explanation was correct > apart from the borderline case that someone gets exactly same > number of votes as NOTA). > > Instead, *ALL* candidates who receive less votes than NOTA will > fail to be elected. > > So if NOTA gets most votes, no candidates will be elected. > > Not that this is likely to matter in practice, as NOTA has > never received a significant number of votes, but it's better > to be precise just in case. > > > >