[GRASS-PSC] Voter question

[Chief Return Officer (CRO) - GRASS GIS election 2024]

Michael,

I do not understand that part either. Several other elections in 
LimeSurvey seem to have that "feature", with comparatively many 
incomplete responses. I had explicitly blocked partial responses: voters 
had to choose 4 candidates. Yet it happened. I have no explanation for 
how. May be it has to do with the system itself.

But it would be a mistake for us to focus on this aspect of the issue, 
when the real problem seems to me why so few people felt compelled to 
vote. Somehow the engagement wasn't there as it was in 2020 (my 
impression).

I sent two reminders in total via LimeSurvey: one on Thursday and 
another on Sunday. Only 27 people voted between the opening first 
reminder on Thursday. Between then and Sunday, when I sent the second 
reminder, only 21 more had voted. After the second reminder and until 
the closing only 11 more voted. On Friday I also sent a message through 
the lists. Yet few actively voted. Why? I do not know. I insisted enough 
I believe. Then there is also a limit on how many reminders you can push 
via email before wearing people's patience out.

Hernán




Den 2024-10-28 kl. 18:06, skrev Michael Barton:
> While this is a low number, it is better than it seemed from the vote 
> totals at 40%. Of the remaining 60%, I don't quite understand how 23 
> incomplete ballots resulted in 3 votes but perhaps I misunderstood your 
> point.
> 
> Michael
> _____________________________
> 
> C. Michael Barton
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> Professor, School of Human Evolution & Social Change (https:// 
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> 
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> 
>> On Oct 28, 2024, at 7:35 AM, Chief Return Officer (CRO) - GRASS GIS 
>> election 2024 <variablestarlight at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> See the summary in the elction Wiki. I see no anomaly, but I share the 
>> impression that the participation was lower this time than in 2020.
>>
>>   * name and e-mail address for 153 eligible voters were loaded
>>   * 5 e-mail addresses were invalid
>>   * 2 voters explicitly declined to participate
>>   * 59 registered voters submitted complete responses (i.e. chose 4
>>     candidates out of 10)
>>   * 87 registered voters either did not participate or submitted empty
>>     or partial responses
>>       o of these, 23 partial or incomplete votes were registered,
>>         resulting in 3 definite votes for 3 different candidates
>>
>>
>>
>> https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/PSC_Election_2024#Details
>>
>>
>> Den 2024-10-28 kl. 15:29, skrev Michael Barton:
>>> Thanks for all your work in managing the PSC election Hernán.
>>>
>>> Can you tell me how many total people were eligible to vote and how many of them voted? The totals published seem like a very small number.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Michael Barton
>>> School of Human Evolution &Social Change
>>> School of Complex Adaptive System Science
>>> Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
>>> Arizona State University
>>>
>>> ...Sent from my iPad
>>
>> -- 
>> Hernán De Angelis
>>
>> Chief Return Officer (CRO)
>> GRASS GIS election 2024
> 

-- 
Hernán De Angelis

Chief Return Officer (CRO)
GRASS GIS election 2024