MOTH
Emperor
mad-bax said:
12 In favor of the trade with the Maya and 13 against. I would argue it failed anyway.
IE: A Majority is required, not a plurality.
R & T T2 P4 - Ivory and Fur
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12 In favor of the trade with the Maya and 13 against. I would argue it failed anyway.
IE: A Majority is required, not a plurality.
classical_hero
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I thought that a simple majority is required. It seems like that my preferential voting method seems to be a good Idea after all.MOTH said:
I have to agree with M-B, that we must do the trade, since that is the winner.
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You may be right, of course. However, you are interpreting the result, which is not accommodated in the constitution. If you don't interpret the result, then the binding decision is to do the trade with the Maya.
I am questioning a) whether poll questions need to be posed with simple yes/no/abstein options rather than in ways that require this kind of interpretation, and b) whether an official poll should bind the official to that decision. By inference then, an official merely needs not to poll an action if he has a strong opinion himself.
I know it's not a question for this poll thread. It was more of an observation really.
I am questioning a) whether poll questions need to be posed with simple yes/no/abstein options rather than in ways that require this kind of interpretation, and b) whether an official poll should bind the official to that decision. By inference then, an official merely needs not to poll an action if he has a strong opinion himself.
I know it's not a question for this poll thread. It was more of an observation really.
MOTH
Emperor
Ideally the poll poster should include how the results will be interpreted in the first post. This isn't needed in simple Yes/no/abstain polls. It gets complicated when there are multiple things being selected from. I specifically asked how this would be interpretted before the poll closed (and recieved a somewhat vague answer).
The end point is that less than 50% of the people approved a trade with the Maya and the R&T Consul is within his rights to declare that this poll was inconclusive.
The end point is that less than 50% of the people approved a trade with the Maya and the R&T Consul is within his rights to declare that this poll was inconclusive.
RegentMan
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3/11/1/10 are the final results (Port/Maya/Both/None).
4/12/10 Make "both" one for each (Port/Maya/None).
4/26 want the Portugal trade (15%).
12/26 want the Mayan trade (46%).
10/26 want neither (39%).
Less than half of Fanatannia wanted the Mayan trade. Personally, I don't think that we should go ahead with it when less than 50% want it.
4/12/10 Make "both" one for each (Port/Maya/None).
4/26 want the Portugal trade (15%).
12/26 want the Mayan trade (46%).
10/26 want neither (39%).
Less than half of Fanatannia wanted the Mayan trade. Personally, I don't think that we should go ahead with it when less than 50% want it.
classical_hero
In whom I trust
Why don't make a standard for polls so we a sure that this will not happen again?
Kentharu
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i agree with regent if less than half of Fanatannia didn't want it then maybe we should re-poll it or open up the discussion again(which would be a long drawn out processes) or just nto make the trade
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