25 Apr 06 10:54, Vladimir Donskoy wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW>>>> Was this referendum sent to 'all' nodes in R50?

 VD>>> Certainly, letters have been sent absolutely to all! And in íå å
 VD>>> about it too it was written.

 VD> Sorry, word "íå å" is "echoes".

No problem, I figured that was what it meant.

 RW>> Very good. I assume that your low return percentage was due to
 RW>> apathy in your region. Still, the returns that you have represent a
 RW>> positive majority in favor of making the change.
 VD> Percent of active nodes you can count on other elections or voting in
 VD> FIDO - on Policy referendum last year, for example...
 VD> 100% may be only in very low networks which consist only 1-2 nodes.

Correct...

 RW>>>> In your estimation, how many 'active' nodes are there in R50?
 VD>>> I estimate this percent of 15-20% at a network level and 10-15% on
 VD>>> regional.
 RW>> That's a decent turnout.
 VD> It is reality...

That's still a very good number of people who voted.

 VD>>> It is usual percent voting on elections NC and RC accordingly, I
 VD>>> repeatedly spent such elections in our region.
 RW>> You're right, you can't expect a lot more turnout than that.

 VD> For example: now is election on NC 2:5020 - one of the largest
 VD> network on world, near 600 nodes. Now we have 106 votes after first
 VD> week (theoretical full will near 150 votes - big percent)... Or other
 VD> example: I make election REC 2:50 by NCs and NECs on 2003 - total 172
 VD> sysops, and I has only 43 vote! So - even living working controlling
 VD> sysops are passive on elections (and referendum too). Or example by
 VD> another region - I make election (as vote-checker) on RC 2:45 on 2004
 VD> year, and from 360 nodes I has 49 votes.

But the question remains; did those votes count as they should, or was the
election stalled because there wasn't a majority turnout of voters?

In the real world, the votes would be tallied and the election finished.

In Doosche's world, the election would be a failure because there wasn't a
majority turnout.


Roy
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