Dale Shipp wrote in a message to Thom Lacosta:


 TL> If a simple majority is 51 percent or even 50 percent plus 
 TL> 1, I am mystified how that's effectively 100 percent.

 TL> Looking forward to the math lesson.

 DS>   Glad to oblige -- here is the reasoning that says that the
 DS> current   policy is *effectively* a quorum requirement of 100%.

 DS>   The requirement at current is for a majority of *ALL* RCs.  There
 DS> are   58 RCs.   That means that passage requires 30 YES votes. 
 DS> Because the   requirement is for a majority of *ALL* RCs, it is
 DS> effectively the same   as when all have voted --- either YES or NO
 DS> (with those not voting   assumed to be NO votes).  That is why I
 DS> say it is effectively a 100%   quorum requirement.

 DS>   If we had a quorum requirement of 50%, then passage would mean
 DS> that a   majority of the RCs responding would carry the motion to
 DS> referendum --   but only if at least 29 (i.e. 50% of 58) actually
 DS> responded to cast a   vote.

It also means that approximately 26 percent of the RCs could cause somethig
to go to referendum.

(50% of 58 = 29, a majority of 29 is 15, so 15/59=25.86%)

As far as I'm concerned, 26 percent is far too low a number to institute a
call for a referendum. 

cya,
thom
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