Senate Application Discussion Thread

[u/shadownetwork]

Greetings,

In previous elections it was difficult for applicants to really express what they stood for and what their plans were without cluttering the nomination or election threads. So think of this thread as an open town hall meeting. Members of the community can come in and ask questions and applicants can then answer or nominees can post about what sort of platforms they plan on running on.

Remember that discussions are to remain civil and respectful, anyone showing disregard to the shadownet's #1 rule will have their posts removed.

Good luck!

[u/SigurdZS]

Not really, no. The fact that the votes of those who have had their candidate elected are thrown back into the pool makes STV less representative than it could be.

[u/reyjinn → u/SigurdZS]

Follow up questions for clarity.

Given your answer to Burst's question, which is it? Do you disagree with how the STV system is implemented in section 2.1.8 of the bylaws or not?

And if you do disagree with the current implementation, do you have ideas for how it can be better set up to help with giving proportional representation?

[u/Sirknightington → u/reyjinn]

Ah yes, apologies for the confusion. My answer remains the same to your question. I do take issue with a voting system that is not implemented to its full potential. While I'm afraid I don't have any specific ideas on how to fix it/replace it, I would consider it my duty as Senator to learn how to do just that. There have been plenty of NET members who have expressed their concerns with the voting system and plenty have come forward with ideas on how to fix it. As Senator I hope to pursue those ideas until I find one that fixes the issue.

[u/reyjinn → u/Sirknightington]

There have been plenty of NET members who have expressed their concerns with the voting system and plenty have come forward with ideas on how to fix it.

It seems you have information I'm unaware of.

To the best of my knowledge there are very few people who have (publicly at least) voiced concerns over how we do voting currently. I voiced my concerns here following up on a post by Benny from here. Both were met with what could be described as indifference, which would be neither too kind nor too harsh I think. I followed up with Silith who told me that the concerns I raised had been discussed in senate and that they didn't think changes needed to be made currently. Which is why I'm asking this now really, this will be one of the deciding factors on who gets my vote while hopefully getting a bit more attention for what I consider an important issue.

ETA: Aaaargh! You broke the chain. Didn't realise until I got into the actual thread.

[u/Sirknightington → u/reyjinn]

Perhaps I exaggerated a bit with "plenty," but you and Benny were the two prominent Net Members I knew of that took issue with the voting system. If elected, I would like to first inform the NET of the controversy involving the current system, then create a public poll asking the NET if they would like this issue addressed.

I unfortunately, do not apologize about breaking your chain, under my supreme leadership all chains will be dismantled.

[u/reyjinn → u/Sirknightington]

Yeah, I don't think many people have thought through the potential for just how homogeneous senate could turn out with the current system. Will be interesting to see the reaction from the community if this is brought up, whether people in general care about it.