Kent Crispin wrote:
> Personally, I would prefer a system where small members get three votes,
> large members get 6 votes, and they can cast them however they choose.
> I suspect that this view is not widely shared, but there is a reason for
> it. :-)
That's interesting! I proposed that a year ago, when the first NCC charter was
being prepared. I argued then that it would encourage people not to be insular
within their own regions, to take an interest in candidates outside their
regions.
> Note that if you enforce a strict within-region voting policy, and we
> continue the trend of 1 candidate per region, the regions with smallest
> membership in the constituency will never get a NC rep. And no matter
> what, if you enforce strict within-region voting, the regions with the
> most members will over time dominate the NC.
>
> I would personally prefer a system where we only vote for adcom members,
> and the adcom members rotate through the NC on a strict basis, every 6
> months, with 18 month terms:
This is worth considering. If you do this, however, you should abandon the 6/3
vote idea, because then which ever region had the most votes could elect all 5
candidates.
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