Isn't this the "biggie?"

[Eric Weisberg <weisberg@texoma.net>]

Please consider these comments from Karl Auerbach to the
IFWP list.




I wanted to reinforce a point that may be a bit subtle --

Voting systems like STV and cumulative are useful when there
are a number
of seats up for election at the same time.  These voting
methods tend to
ensure that if there N seats to be filled, a minority with
1/N of the
votes could elect a seat.

In normal majority mode voting -- each seat is a distinct
election and the
net result is that the majority takes every seat, the
minorities get none.

Now, when terms are staggered, and there is but one or a few
seats open at
each election, STV or cumulative voting systems are made
less effective.

In other words, staggered terms are a way of repressing
minorities.

If ICANN is to try to reflect diversity of opinion then it
should reject
stagered terms.

		--karl--