[svlug] [Volunteers] Rick knows better re STV , IRV MAM and MAMCALC etc.

[Alvin Oga]

hi ya rick

> Rick Moen wrote:
> 
> Anyone who is subscribed to svlug at lists.svlug.org is considered to be a
> "member" for purposes of voting in SVLUG's elections.  ("Membership" is 
> a fuzzy concept for a group with no fees or formal membership
> processes.)

i think the definition was:
	- show up to the svlug meetings 
	- or -
	- sign up for the svlug mailing lists 
	and you're drafed as a "member"

> In theory, I suppose each submitted vote could have been
> vetted against the list roster,

probably be a good thing ..  but not everybody isin the email list

i which case, they better be at the nov meeting to cast their vote,
otherwise they wont be abel to if all incoming email/web ballots
is checked against the various svlug mailing lists

> but I doubt they were.  Instead, there 
> were merely reasonable measures taken by Ian, who very competently ran
> the polling facility, to guard against ballot-stuffing, e.g., a check
> for multiple votes from the same IP.

ballot stuffing is a problem ..
	- some folks that uses aol/pacbell/hotmail/gmail etc would
	have the same ip# .. and yet be different people

	- some ballet stuff can create stuff1 at hotmail.com and stuff2 at hotmail.com
	and stuff the ballet to vote for donald-duck for pres
	( very hard to prevent w/o additional info )

c ya
alvin