Electoral reform ideas

[Peter]

No, I wasn't saying dumb down the secret ballot policy to accommodate a less than competent sofa, I was saying make sure we pick a highly competent sofa so we can have faith in a secret ballot practice.

One of the events that lead to Verin being selected was the fact that many of the arguably most qualified persons to hold the office (myself included) declined to take the post.

[Peter]

Having the secret ballots sent to only one person is in my opinion dangerous to the point of inviting fraud.

Even with the six number string, there is still ample opportunity for a clever SoFA to throw the election results - there are a number of people who vote and then don't really come back - a SoFA might subtly alter these ballots in order to try to throw a race. He would probably realise that he couldn't get away with it with the regulars like you and I, but people like danwxman, thefactor, Nation, etc., he might just be able to.

Certainly incorporating the six number string idea into the secret voting proposals that I wrote would be a good idea, but abandoning any definite check on the SoFAs sole power to read the actual ballots is reckless.