Clerk: For what reason does the gentleman rise?

Me: Gotta see a man about a horse.

#parliamentaryprocedure

@Delib In parliamentary procedure, votes are public by default, but someone can move to take the vote by (secret) ballot. If a majority votes in favour of the ballot, then that's how the vote on the main question is taken.

It seems to me that #Debian could have a similar practice, using secret votes when so desired, but normally voting publically.

#governance #voting #ParliamentaryProcedure

A Debian GR on secret voting—and more
https://lwn.net/Articles/886403/

Based on my experience of #ParliamentaryProcedure, the right solution would seem to be having non-secret ballots by default, but having a mechanism to switch to a secret ballot when so desired. I think #RobertsRulesOfOrder uses a motion to vote by ballot, which is undebatable and requires only a majority to pass. Something similar could be implemented.

#Debian

Could “fuzzing” voting, election, and judicial process improve decisionmaking and democratic outcomes?

... Hands down the most fascinating article I’ve read over the past decade is Michael Schulson’s “How to choose? When your reasons are worse than useless, sometimes the most rational choice is a random stab in the dark”, in Aeon. The essay mostly concerns decisions under uncertainty and of the risk of bad decisions. It seems to me that it also applies to periods of extreme political partisanship and division. An unlikely but possible circumstance, I’m sure…

https://joindiaspora.com/posts/489ae7e00d710139fb1b002590d8e506

#Sortition #ElectionReform #VotingReform #politics #democracy #voting #ParliamentaryProcedure