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Re: Still missing ballots from 5 people
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lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space
Date: 
Wed, 27 Dec 2000 20:05:17 GMT
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In lugnet.build.contests, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 2. Suppose J. Fred Muggs entered and ends up not voting. Does everyone who
> voted for one of Mr. Muggs's entries have to revote?

No, the title would just go to the one with the next-highest number of vote-
points in that category.


> If so, we could get a
> domino, in that if one of THEM doesn't vote the second time, and gets DQed,
> we could have to have a THIRD round of votes and so on...

Ya, too messy.


> (remember, the rules say you have to spend all your votes or your entries
> are DQed... a vote for a DQed entry could be argued to be a non spent vote,
> and thus you haven't met your obligation to spend them all, or it could be
> argued that you met your duty in voting even if the entry was DQed through
> no fault of your own...)

That's what I had in mind, yes.


> I prefer the second option. Maybe the rules take care of this problem and I
> missed it, though...

It's not spelled out, unfortunately.

--Todd



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(...) I sent an email to Todd but on reflection I think that the questions I asked ought to be publicly asked. 1. My MO as "auditor" was going to be to stash the ballots in a safe place and not do anything more unless and until someone raises a (...) (26 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)

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