Spoiling the broth...

[lordandrei]

The LiveJournal Advisory Board election is underway. It's really just started... but I think most of my readers will agree... the initial figures are not merely disturbing... they are very disappointing

Comments

[cahwyguy]

I agree with you 100%! We need to have candidates that will do their best for LJ, not folks like jameth and others who seem to treat this more as a joke. This is especially important as we only get one representative.

I've done my part. Go ye and do yours.

[alfiechat]

just wanted to let you know that I voted. thanks for the reminder.

i voted for you

[sesa777]

and I would have put you as my second and third choice as well, if it were allowed!:)

Re: i voted for you

[ka3ytl]

Do you understand how tiered voting systems work?

Re: i voted for you

[sesa777]

I do understand how tiered voting systems work, but with all due respect, you obviously don't know that a smiley face at the end of a sentence indicates that I was joking.

Let me illustrate...

I voted for you

and I would have put you as my second and third choice as well, if it were allowed!:)

the second half of this statement is a joke. I did vote for Lord Andrei, and I read over the other candidates platforms, and voted accordingly.

How come no one has a sense of humor anymore?:( Oh well...

It is a sad day when one must acknowledge the truth of this.

[eruditeviking]

"and I would have put you as my second and third choice as well, if it were allowed!:)"

Actually there is a rumored glitch that may be allowing some candidates (who need not be named) to promote doing just that. Sadly, I agree with much of what you are saying and I feel much of the same way. You're one of my three choices, though ostensibly I'm a vocal backer of rm.

What is worse is that some allegations not even 48 hours into this are already accusations of fraud against no less than two candidates. There are several statistical arguments and voter election pattern arguments I could make with them, but I don't feel like feeding the trolls right now.

It depresses me.

[queenofhalves]

maybe we should all swing our votes to rm at the last minute.

[eruditeviking]

Unfortunately that won't work, as much as I'd love it to. The way I understand the system is that once you've voted your three choices you're stuck with them, and as each voter block is eliminated your vote shifts no more than 3 times. Thus if you voted for Lord Andrei as #1, and he is the lowest vote getter, your vote for #1 would move to your number #2 as they removed his name from the list. This continues with each lowest voted #1 block being eliminated. Once all three of yours are eliminated it looks like your vote will not matter, and that disturbs me a great deal.

I also don't think we can fairly change the rules in mid race and say that those running can withdraw and throw all of their votes behind a given candidate. While they may have voted for you, I'd know I've be very sore if RM chose to throw her weight behind someone else moving my vote to someone I didn't agree with.

No, in the end we must hope for the best and pray that certain people never crest 51% overall, nor be the top overall #1 vote getter in the first

wandering by on waves of election-info surfing

[ninevrise]

The way I understand the system is that once you've voted your three choices you're stuck with them

Not true, actually. If you go to the poll, then click back to the "fill out poll" tab, you can update and alter your vote. Though once voting closes, it does work like that, and yeah, once your picks are eliminated, your vote no longer counts. :(

I also don't think that queenofhalves was arguing that the candidates should withdraw and throw their massed votes toward someone else, but that the voters could change their picks at the last minute, if they chose.

[phoenixdreaming]

Actually, you can change your vote at any point before the end of the election period. No one's eliminated from the reckoning until it's over.