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[atlarge-discuss] On the Polling Booth



A bit of history...

A prior organization, the IDNO, utilized Joop's Polling Booth.  Experience 
with this mechanism resulted in the criticism that "only things that meet Joop's 
approval get voted on, and that when votes are going against his wishes, 
mysteriously the vote swings his way just hours before the polling closes".

Additional criticism focused on the proprietary aspects of the booth (it is 
not open source and there are no tools to audit the results).  In short, it was 
perceived by some as a devise which allowed one man's particular agenda to 
dominate.

I have no reason to trust this tool.  It is amenable to manipulation.  When 
the creator of the Polling Booth is at liberty to review whatever poll/vote is 
in progress and then contact his associates to cast last-minute votes should 
the pending outcome not be to his liking, then you do not have a tool suitable 
for the membership's voting purposes.

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