Hi Roy!

Tuesday April 25 2006, Roy Witt wrote to Vladimir Donskoy:

 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.

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

Read Policy 8.6 - it is not require quorum! So - all this elections are realized.

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

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

Policy require majority votes for start elections and sample count votes on
election process result. "Weight" of the vote isn't count by
Policy :-( . 
Therefore a logical conclusion - it means existence of regions (and
networks) about the identical size that we and achieve in a new own zone.


Regards, Vladimir Donskoy

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