Timeline for 2011 Community Moderator Election
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| Jan 20, 2011 at 1:45 | comment | added | sysadmin1138 Mod | @John It's like the HR test before resumes get handed off to a hiring manager (if $MCITP=False, then Pass=False). States do kind of the same thing. In order to appear as a major party, a party must earn 5% (or something) or more of a Statewide election in the previous general election. Like the 10K limit on SO, it's a very significant barrier to participation. | |
| Jan 20, 2011 at 1:13 | comment | added | John Gardeniers | @sysadmin1138, maybe it's just me but I can't make heads or tails of what that means. I've never heard of a minimum-equals sort and that 5% thingy is a real mystery. Whatever happened to "if you get more votes than me you win"? | |
| Jan 20, 2011 at 0:45 | comment | added | sysadmin1138 Mod | Candidate-spam is an issue in some localities, though I myself have yet to sort through 30 candidates in a Primary Election. Judging by Jeff's answer, the 30 line is arbitrary, and a means to perform a minimum-quals sort similar to the 5%-in-previous-general-election rule used by many US States. With only 5 so far, I doubt we'll hit even 20, but I still don't like the 'ordered by rep' thing much. | |
| Jan 19, 2011 at 23:13 | comment | added | John Gardeniers | Yes, the concept of primaries is foreign to the majority of this planet's population. FWIW, I've never even been able to understand our own absurd ("Westminster") political system. :( | |
| Jan 19, 2011 at 22:07 | comment | added | Rob Moir | This talk of election "primaries" does seem to be a very American convention, which is a shame on a site that hopes to have world wide appeal. | |
| Jan 19, 2011 at 22:04 | comment | added | Mark Henderson | Looks like someone over at meta.stackoverflow has shared your sentiments: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/75527/… | |
| Jan 19, 2011 at 21:43 | comment | added | Mark Henderson | @John - agree'd. I even found the concept of a primary foreign (I had to look it up, the only other time I'd ever heard of a "primary" was the first season of the TV show 24) - still, at least there won't be Kevin '07 campaign and then have the same political party blame us for voting for a person not a party when they stab him in the back. | |
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