On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 22:25, Joop Teernstra wrote: > At 03:30 p.m. 2/04/2003, Stephen Waters wrote: > >On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 18:46, Joop Teernstra wrote: > > > At 06:05 a.m. 2/04/2003, espresso@e-scape.net wrote: > > > > > > >It's also one of the reasons I believe an e-mail ballot is > > > >preferable - one reaches more people fairly quickly and people > > > >can respond more easily than by spending time looking at one > > > >Web page after another. Some would disagree with me on that > > > >but I think it is worth a try and could hardly get a lower > > > >response rate than the recent poll. > > > > > > I hope you are aware of the fact that the voting members in majority think > > > differently. > > > Email ballot is not preferred. > > > It is too easy to fake responses. > > > >but remember, your poll only took into account people who have web > >access with their email. > > Yes, I am acutely aware of that. It is a self-selected bunch, who use > tyranny of the majority to be able to use the web as the tool for their > democracy. > > The solution: a separate pressure group for those who either prefer > email-only or have no other Net access. They must have unique concerns and > I am sure Norbert or Judyth can champion their cause and rally large > numbers behind them. > There is a great deal of common ground left. There should be a place under > the icannatlarge.org umbrella for every such group. > > > Better to talk about self-enfranchising than about dis-enfranchising. In the States, we call these "Jim Crow laws" where voters have to pass some sort of unreasonable minimum threshold to vote. For now, I think requiring Web access to vote is unreasonable. See below. > > i'm quite concerned the rest will be > >disenfranchised altogether (even if the number is small). > > I think we have to help the majority first with the means at our disposal. 0. The icannatlarge.COM poll counts a plurality, not a majority. 1. Email voting is certainly within the means at our disposal. 2. The greatest common denominator between everyone is email. 3. Thus, email should be used. > After that come the one or two members who *want* to vote but cannot. (not > even when they get 10 days to find an internet cafe or a library) granted. -s
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