[Foundation-l] Open question from an Election Official: on voters' elibiglity

Sat Aug 26 11:26:02 UTC 2006

On 8/25/06, effe iets anders <effeietsanders at gmail.com> wrote:
> What are the elections for? We choose a representative. That
> representative represents the communities. If someone is no part of
> the communities, should it be able to vote who should represent that
> community? It's a good question. But I don't think someone should be
> taken away his or her right to vote when (s)he is banned from a
> project. That would be as an additional punishment. I think it would
> be best to state that the edits on the project you are indeinitely
> banned from do not count. So if it was your only project, you can't
> vote. But when you were active enough on another project as well, and
> not banned indef there, it's ok to vote. That way it is not an
> additional punishment, but a clearer definition of the representation.

ACK. Also seems easiest to implement; Special:Boardvote only has to
check for a local block flag.
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Peace & Love,
Erik