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<p>I personally do not feel like just going down the list of people is actually appropriate, given how approval voting actually works. Our bylaws specifically state "The top five candidates receiving a <strong>majority</strong> vote of the ballots cast shall be elected. Tie votes affecting the outcome shall be decided by lot." (emphasis added).</p>
<p>If the body follows "the precedent", we're literally under 1/3rd convention body approval for the next candidate in line. I do not know the person personally, and don't mean this to be any sort of personal attack or anything. My concern is that there's a real possibility that given a 1/3rd approval that up to 2/3rds would disapprove; mathematically, it becomes more and more likely that we'd be selecting someone that the convention body actually wouldn't approve of. This "next person in line" methodology fails without being able to track preference.</p>
<p>Given that candidate preference cannot be tracked using Approval Voting, I'm not sure that there's a real mechanism to select someone in accordance with the actual wishes of the convention body. And if we continue this precedent, it's going to break Approval Voting entirely anyway as people begin using strategic bulleted voting more and more.</p>
<p>I very much think we need to switch to another system - I personally prefer Instant Runoff - so we have definitive winners and clear convention body preference for runners-up in the future. </p>
<p>For this and all subsequent vacancies, I suggest a thoughtful deliberation on the appointment and not just an automatic "next in line" strategic, so long as Approval Voting is in place.</p>
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<p>On 2016-07-03 08:46, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:</p>
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<div dir="ltr">That is in fact my strong preference as well. The convention just happened. The delegates and candidates who cared to run and put effort into it (some of them actively campaigning) were give short shrift, and this rankles me even now. The only metric we have of their preference is these votes.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 6:40 AM, Sam Goldstein <span><<a href="mailto:goldsteinatlarge@gmail.com">goldsteinatlarge@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br />
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks, Alicia. I know the Chair is planning to place the At Large opening on the agenda for the next LNC meeting. Since I will be
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 4:23 AM, Alicia Mattson <span><<a href="mailto:agmattson@gmail.com">agmattson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br />
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<div>Will we be publishing something to advertise the vacancy and invite applicants?<span><span style="color: #888888;"><br /><br /></span></span></div>
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