[ Closed ] GC/TC Elections 2013 (Page 1 of 3)

That would be my wish, even though the election is late this year, we should still make May our GC/TC election month for consistency and (I think) to keep in line with the rules already laid out (I don't recall if the rules state actual months, or simply general 'around May' timeframes).

-Jason

Well, the Roles and Responsibilities (eg "Section II - The General Coordinator, Article 1", "Section IV - The Elections and Voting Coordinator, Article 1", and "Section V - The Technical Coordinator, Article 1") set out that the offices of GC and TC "shall last a term of 12 months running from as early in May as is convenient to the General Membership" and the office of Elections and Voting Coordinator "shall last a term of 12 months running from as early in April as is convenient to the General Membership", so while it is about convenience for the members, it is intended to allow for a yearly routine with EVC elections in April and GC and TC elections in May.

http://www.phoenix-rp.com/documents/rol … lities.php

Spring seems to me to be a good time for elections. :-)

Ash

Last edited by Ash Leighton Plom (2013-06-17 14:51:57)

The schedule for the GC/TC Elections is as follows:

Nominations: 6/15 - 6/30
Campaigning / Q&A: 6/24 - 7/7
Voting: 7/10 - 7/23

Apologies for not getting a schedule up sooner. I like to have each period end on a Sunday and run for 2 weeks so I've extended the Nominations period slightly so that it ends on a Sunday, but everything else is fine. Campaigning starts today (opening a thread for it shortly)!

Robert Longtin
Acting Elections and Voting Coordinator

The voting booth is setup, it will officially open tonight at midnight Eastern Standard Time, and will promptly end after 2 weeks of voting.

Because there are more than 2 people running for TC, the TC elections are being done by Ranked Pairs. Visit the tutorial here. Also on the ballot will be simple instructions on how ranked pairs works, essentially you're just ordering the candidates from top to bottom, most preferred to least preferred.

~Robert

Robert, why did you choose ranked pairs to vote for the TC? Yes, there are more than two candidates, but wouldn't it make more sense to simply have everybody cast one vote on their favourite TC candidate? That is how elections are normally run. Your option would allow for a candidate to win who has never been chosen by someone as their favourite candidate, but who just happened to be on a lot of number 2 places in the ranked pairs list.

-Mischa

Well, if it's legislature than it's legislature, so that is settled then. 

But I don't think the other argument is always true, although in large part it also depends on how you score the different positions and under the condition that there are more than four candidates.

But since legislature has already settled this, let's not go into that. Thanks for clearing it up for me, Robert!

-Mischa

I would like that. It's not so much that I'm against ranked-pair voting, but to me it seems that simply voting for one favourite candidate seems more logical and I am curious about the arguments in favour of the ranked-pairs voting. So let's open up a discussion thread for that.

-Mischa

Has Jason accepted his nominations? I was under the assumption that question was hypothetical and not a formal acceptance of a nomination.

Ah, right. Thanks.

Actually I generally issue reminders straight from ballotbin since it lets me send reminder messages specifically to people who haven't yet voted. Thanks though. 

~Robert

Cheers!

35 - that number of possible voters seems a bit low; if you've not got a vote yet, please contact Robert!