Re: Will you vote for next Maemo Council Elections ?
 

True, yeah, but technicality really.
It is a really rare beast indeed who manages to collect karma from just wiki & blogs. I almost tend to say there's nobody like that :)

Re: Nominations for Council election Q4 2014
 

Me want votes...

Re: Will you vote for next Maemo Council Elections ?
 

HtheB is/was one of the candidates having collected enough karma to vote withoit having linked :D
But I agree, in general it will be quite hard to collect enough karma to vote (or even get voted ;)) without linking the accounts.

Re: Will you vote for next Maemo Council Elections ?
 

You get fined each time you don't vote (150-200AUD)
So that's local council, state and federal.
It's a joke and a shame, all to amuse the docile peasantry here.
I haven't voted since 2007...

Re: Will you vote for next Maemo Council Elections ?
 

I can haz your votes?

Re: Will you vote for next Maemo Council Elections ?
 

Why don't you vote in the party which would allow people to refuse voting, if they want to?

Best wishes.

Re: Will you vote for next Maemo Council Elections ?
 

I consider that a really bad practice! We hold our right to vote as a honorary responsibility, not something that is forced to us from above!
I have to admit that even as I lived for three years in WA back when I was under the age limit to vote yet, I do not ever remember hearing about that kind of procedure... Maybe it is a newer thing, that was back in the early eighties?


@Wikiwide has a really good point there, this thing must piss off so many people they'd constitute a reasonably large number of people to do something about it!

In finland we have a system where if large enough group of people sign an online petition that some law has to be created/deleted/modified, then the parliament has to process it through the normal law-making procedures. It does not guarantee that it gets passed, there have been both proposals that have been accepted and rejected, but at least processing it is mandatory.

Re: Will you vote for next Maemo Council Elections ?
 

re Aust voting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electo...m_of_Australia

"Voting is compulsory both at federal elections and at elections for the state and territory legislatures. In the states of South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia voting at local elections is not compulsory.[6] About 5% of enrolled voters fail to vote at most elections. People in this situation are asked to explain their failure to vote. If no satisfactory reason is provided (for example, illness or religious prohibition), a fine of up to $170 is imposed,[7] and failure to pay the fine may result in a court hearing."
Edit, wikipedia is wrong: Voting is also compulsory in most local government elections.


"Why don't you vote in the party which would allow people to refuse voting, if they want to?"
Because they wont win, and because of the preferential voting system, the vote goes to another party.

Jefferson said about democracy: the tyranny of the majority over the minority (i.e., 51% enslaving the other 49%).
So true!

Re: Will you vote for next Maemo Council Elections ?
 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority
worthwhile read, particularly when considering what's recently going on in maemo community. There's a reason why council terms are limited to 6 months and re-elections are triggered easily and even more so after HiFo got established.
That new order movement is aiming at smashing all that, establishing a small vocal group as in
and abandoning rules (particularly the mutual red button re-election rule) that were meant to counteract such processes, along the line of
anyway, good luck peeps
/j

Re: Will you vote for next Maemo Council Elections ?
 

I have just voted now, have you ?

if not have you recieved this letter :



Dear ???.

The election of Maemo Community Council opens on Sunday 28th December 2014,
and you have received this email as you are eligible to vote.

The Maemo Council consists of 5 members who will serve
a 6 month term. You can learn more about the candidates at:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=94230
http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Coun...ection_Q4_2014


CANDIDATES
----------
A full list of candidates and their reasons for running can be found at:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Coun...e_declarations


HOW TO VOTE
-----------

Your voting credentials are:

URL: http://maemo.org/vote/
E-mail: ???????
Vote token: ???????

After authenticating yourself, you can choose your preferred candidates
in order of preference. You will have an opportunity to verify and
confirm your vote afterwards.

Once you have confirmed your vote, a unique secret identifier will be
given to you which will allow you to verify after the election that your
vote was counted correctly.

Once you have voted, you will not be able to vote again. Also note that
the voting booth closes at midnight on Saturday 3th January 2015.

Thank you for your vote!

Regards,
The Maemo Community Council, on behalf of the Maemo community.