Gov/en/Portal:Voting/Rules: Difference between revisions
Q6 answered by Theo: planned (not ongoing) evaluation of voting tools, exclusively free software, link to Free-Licensing |
Q5 answered by Theo: membership means a subscription (paid membership fee), not a member status; one ballot per person kept |
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The starting point is the principle of [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Governance|one user, one vote]]. To keep elections meaningful and resistant to fake accounts, the initial hypothesis adds light eligibility requirements, similar in spirit to those used by Wikimedia elections: | The starting point is the principle of [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Governance|one user, one vote]]. To keep elections meaningful and resistant to fake accounts, the initial hypothesis adds light eligibility requirements, similar in spirit to those used by Wikimedia elections: | ||
* holding at least one membership at the time the vote is announced; | * holding at least one active subscription (a paid membership fee) at the time the vote is announced; | ||
* a minimum account age or a minimum record of activity on the platform, defined in advance for each vote; | * a minimum account age or a minimum record of activity on the platform, defined in advance for each vote; | ||
* one ballot per person, whatever the number of | * one ballot per person, whatever the number of subscriptions held. | ||
Exact thresholds would be set by the election committee and published with each vote announcement. | Exact thresholds would be set by the election committee and published with each vote announcement. | ||