Re:Debian decides to allow secret votes
by lelanthran on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @12:15AM
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> What I don't understand is why the project is NOT already secret voting?
There was a debian poll that people were afraid to vote in because they expected harassment for their position[1]. That poll raised the question of secret voting.
In my mind, the best option for Debian going forward would be to have public voting records, but have each future poll include a single option at the bottom for "Redo this poll as anonymous".
If more than (for example) 10% of the votes are for redoing the poll as anonymous, then redo it as anonymous.
They way they are doing it now makes it an all or nothing way for every issue that will be voted on in the future. My simplistic proposal above allows polls to be anonymous based on whether a minority feel that they will be harassed by a majority.
[1] Whether or not their expectation was realistic or not is irrelevant.
There was a debian poll that people were afraid to vote in because they expected harassment for their position[1]. That poll raised the question of secret voting.
In my mind, the best option for Debian going forward would be to have public voting records, but have each future poll include a single option at the bottom for "Redo this poll as anonymous".
If more than (for example) 10% of the votes are for redoing the poll as anonymous, then redo it as anonymous.
They way they are doing it now makes it an all or nothing way for every issue that will be voted on in the future. My simplistic proposal above allows polls to be anonymous based on whether a minority feel that they will be harassed by a majority.
[1] Whether or not their expectation was realistic or not is irrelevant.