Moderator Election - Voting Booth B: + Silver - Orbs +

[Tempest]

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Vote on the following poll as fairly as you can on whether you think + Silver - Orbs + should become a moderator or not for the following forum(s):
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If you do not feel you can make an informed decision about the nominee, please feel free to vote Abstain. If you have something to say, then post it below this message.

This poll will be open for one week. Every two days, another poll will be opened for the next candidate for the next sector (ie forum) in line. Note that there is no need to place your vote immediately and you are even encouraged to deliberate and think through your decision.

Lastly, in order to vote, you must be a registered user.
The nominee must be approved by a two-thirds supermajority to be selected.

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[Silentiea]

Wow, 100% in favor, niiiice.

[Jishdefish]

Not now ^_^!!!

I have not seen him or her post recently so I am refraining from comment....

[+ Silver - Orbs +]

thats becasue i've been sorting out my re-enactment costume :p

but yeah, im now back. arr, ye' savvy?

[Jake]

yea silv is back!!! or should i call you mod!

[Chalgrish]

In fact, Silv sadly is not a mod, as the vote was lost by a margin of 16% This thread is not locked.

Edited because I'm an idjit too

[Tempest]

I would like to review the outcome of the nomination before such topic are closed.

[Tempest]

While this can be a debate amongst constitutional experts, I only required a supermajority and not an absolute supermajority.

The absolute majority rule requires a majority of all members (officially, it would be all 175 registered members of the board, but for an obvious reason, I only count users who bother to cast their ballot), and an absolute supermajority rule requires a defined supermajority of all members (in this case two-thirds). This contrasts with simple voting rules. Particularly important here is that absolute voting rules in effect count abstention as a negative vote, whereas simple voting rules ignore abstention entirely. This effect permits strategic ambiguity on the part of voters, who are empowered to contribute to a measure’s defeat without openly opposing it.

However, the vote is secret and no one is seeking re-election next November so there is no need to for the people here to be ambiguous and abstain from saying what they really think. Moreover, since I openly encourage people to abstain if they are unsure about a candidate, it wouldn't be fair to count abstentions as negative votes. I didn't elaborate on these details before because I didn't expect scenarios like this (i.e. large quantity of abstentions).

However, to prevent scenarios like 16 abstentions and 1 yah, I use an additional criteria to the supermajority requirement: an absolute majority of yah votes.

Therefore for the two criterions:
Does the person have a (simple) supermajority of Yah vs Nah vote?
9/12 = 75% Yes
Does the person have enough support (i.e. an absolute majority of Yah votes (9/17 =52%))?
9/17 = 52.9% Yes

So, unless the candidate feels a lack the legitimacy over such a close vote, I will consider that the primary purpose of these criterions has been fulfilled.

[John]

WTG SIL! YEAHHHHH!!!!

[+ Silver - Orbs +]

John - say wha...?
jakesmum - rofl. i am back and hopefully i won't stray again. hang on, that makes me sound like a sheep <.<

[Silentiea]

There's nothing wrong with sounding like a sheep, as long as you don't sound like starsheep.

John? Are you okay?