How should voting work for electing the "At Large" board members of the Drupal Association?
As a result of the call to discuss the DA board elections resulting from this thread: http://groups.drupal.org/node/199178, we agreed to post a couple of specific follow up threads on topics that needed further resolution, so I'm posting on behalf of those who were on the call (FTR the call's etherpad is here: http://lullapad.com/5TCVHgaCYV)
The relevant section of the DA Board Election wiki post calling for input and suggestions has been pasted below for convenience.
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Voting API to use with Drupal AND other CMS/BB.
Hello,
(I cross-posted this message to http://www.wechange.org/node/97 . I will be updating the remote version with link, corrections, etc, so see there for updates if your read this long after I posted it).
I would like to introduce you to a php voting API that I wish to develop further and for which I'd like to create a Drupal module. It is a complementary alternative or even replacement to the Drupal voting API.
Please, don't consider having a heart attack just yet. Please, read further and decide later.
Allow me to start from the beginning...
A world of alternative voting systems
It is a sad fact that for most people, whenever they think about voting or election, they can only think about what is known as "plurality voting", the voting method whereby you can only select one choice among many. Unfortunately, this voting method is demonstrably very bad.
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