Citizens' Group: The Polling Standards Commission (New)

[GenMarshall]

The purpose of this group is to attempt to ensure that polling within our nation is carried out to the highest possible standard.

This will be achieved via the formulation of a set of standards which we can agree that all good polls should adhere to in terms of both design & content, then subsequent review and rating of all posted polls based on these standards - giving pointers on how to improve any weak aspects of said polls. All citizens are welcome to join the commission and propose new standards or ammendments to existing standards, as well as contributing to the discussion of others' proposals.

Agreed Standards:

Mandatory Standards for Fairness

• Poll question should be posed in an unbiased manner
• Poll options should be unbiased and easy to understand
• Running time should be stated in first post of poll

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• Discussion thread relevant to the poll should have been up for at least 24 hours, and the discussion within brought to a conclusion prior to the posting of the poll.
• Draft poll proposal should be posted and discussed prior to the posting of the poll
• Poll should be linked to in the Poll Registry
• Poll should be linked to in relevant discussion thread

First Post

• If there is a participation requirement, it should be stated in the first post of the poll and there should be an abstain option
• First post of poll should contain link to relevant discussion thread

Procedure for Poll Reviews:

1. If a poll fails to meet the mandatory criteria, it shall be deemed unfair
2. If the poll meets only the mandatory criteria, it shall be deemed fair
3. If the poll fulfils some of the additional standards standards (1-3) it shall be deemed fair and satisfactory
4. If the poll fulfils most of the additional standards (4-6, it shall be deemed fair and good

Membership:

Almightyjosh
Bacon King
Bootstoots
CivGeneral (Owner)
Cpt Kaos
Donovan Zoi
Donsig
Eklektikos (founder)
Fier Canadien
Peri
Shaitan
Stuck_As_a_Mac
Watergate
DaveShack

Note: I have placed in the tag "(New)" to the title so that there would be no confusion with the old one.

 

[DaveShack]

You missed me when making the member list...

Can any member review polls, or will we be holding an election for current board members?

 

[GenMarshall]

Originally posted by DaveShack
You missed me when making the member list...

Can any member review polls, or will we be holding an election for current board members?

We will be holding elections after the Regular DG Elections. As Ownoer of the Election Office, I am looking for voluntieres who are not interested in becomming a Board member to host polls.