多种可能性：eVote 的投票类型

在电子邮件界面中，投票人将以下行发送到列表地址，进行一个“是或否”投票，参与者可以看到其他人的投票，并且投票总数在投票进行时对所有人可见：

eVote poll [y/n] public visible

eVote 必须是消息中的第一个单词，否则该命令将发送到整个列表，并被 eVote 忽略。poll 是设置新投票的命令。

投票可以是数字或“是/否”。投票限制首先在方括号 ([ ]) 中。119 是可能的最高投票数；-119 是最低的，[y/n] 表示“是”或“否”投票。

public 用于举手表决；换句话说，列表成员可以查询 eVote 以查看其他成员的投票。private 进行秘密投票。if_voted 让参与者看到其他人是否投票，但看不到如何投票。

分组投票类型

可以要求社区选择多个选项之一。命令可能是：

eVote poll group public visible 1
1.  bittersweet  [y/n]
2.  bittersweet with almonds  [y/n]
3.  milk [y/n]
4.  milk with almonds [y/n]
Message:
Which chocolate would you like?

关键字 group 表明有几个选择。命令行末尾的 1 限制投票者只能选择一个项目。

接下来是选项列表。每个选项后面都跟着该选项的投票限制。最后是消息、关键字和与投票相关的文本。

这是一个更复杂的例子：

eVote poll group public visible 100
1.  building maintenance [2,4]
2.  system maintenance  [10,15]
3.  staff [20,40]
4.  development [0,50]
5.  outreach [0,50]
6.  party [0,50]
Message:
Please help spend our budget. We'll distribute
our funds according to the average of all our votes.

这个投票要求投票者在六个选项中分配 100 票。

不同的选项有不同的最小和最大投票数。

当由一个成员发起这样的投票时，所有成员都会收到投票指示，如下所示：

Subject: [DEMOCRACY] Poll: Budget

On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 23:12:04 -0800
marilyn@rosita.deliberate.com attached a poll
to this subject:

   Budget

==== ====
POLL TEXT
==== ====

Please help spend our budget. We'll distribute our
funds according to the average of all our votes.

==== ============
POLL INSTRUCTIONS
==== ============

6 participants are asked to distribute 100 votes
over the following choices:

  Min   Max   Your  Average   On
  Vote  Vote  Vote  Vote      Choice

    2     4     -      -      1. building maintenance
   10    15     -      -      2. system maintenance
   20    40     -      -      3. staff
    0    50     -      -      4. development
    0    50     -      -      5. outreach
    0    50     -      -      6. party

You have used 0 of the 100 votes
you are allotted for these choices.

====== ====
PUBLIC POLL
====== ====

This is a "public" poll. This means you can send
e-mail to



with the subject, "Budget", and with
a message that says:

         eVote who

to receive a spreadsheet showing everyone's votes.

         eVote who w=140

will produce a spreadsheet 140 columns wide.
The default is 80.

Of course, everyone else on the democracy list
can monitor your votes too.

== ====
TO VOTE
== ====

 | 1.  Send a message to
 |
 | 2.  Your subject must be "Budget".
 |     (Don't worry about extra words in the subject line that
 |      reply-to produces.)
 |
 |      * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
  ----> *  NOTE:  These two steps are easy. Just use  *
        *         your reply-to key on this message!  *
        * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

   3.  Your message *must* start with the word, 'eVote',
       or your vote will be sent to the entire democracy list
       and it won't be counted!

       To vote 12 on choice 2 and 25 on choice 6,
       your message should say:

          eVote
          2. 12
          6. 25

       You can make your list of votes as long as
       necessary.
       Each choice that you don't vote on will
       automatically receive
       the minimum vote for that choice.

   4.  If your message has a signature, or any other
       text below your vote, make a line that says,
       "end" just after your vote.

======== ==== ====
CHANGING YOUR VOTE
======== ==== ====

You can change your votes while the poll is open by
voting again.

======== ==== ====
REMOVING YOUR VOTE
======== ==== ====

To remove your votes on "Budget",
send the message:

   eVote remove

====== === ======= == === ====
SEEING THE RESULTS OF THE POLL
====== === ======= == === ====

To see the current vote tally on "Budget",
send the message:

   eVote info

==== ===========
MORE INFORMATION
==== ===========

To receive more information about "Budget":

1.  Send a message to:



2.  Your subject must be:

   Budget

3.  Your message should say:

   eVote help who

to learn details about the WHO command.

If your message says:

   eVote how

you will receive a message reporting Charlie's vote.
To see your own vote, the current vote tally and this
information again, send the command:

   eVote info

For a general explanation of eVote/Mailman,
use any subject line, and send the message:

   eVote help


Clerk 2.520 Ser.No. 1

用户可能会回复以下消息：

Subject: Re: [DEMOCRACY] Poll: Budget

1. 3
2. 12
3. 30
4. 25
5. 25
6. 5

eVote 会发送一封电子邮件收据作为回应。收据包含成员的原始投票消息，包括所有标题。

如果投票者出错，eVote 会尝试通过错误消息来帮助您。

6 participants  5 voters

最后，命令eVote who会生成一个表格，显示谁投票了以及如何投票。

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请愿类型

以上任何投票类型都可以附加到允许非邮件列表人员参与的请愿书。请愿书邀请您在投票之外发表评论。

未来的投票类型

Clerk 的架构允许添加其他投票类型。一些有趣的可能选项在 www.michcom/~donald/dispute.html 和 accuratedemocracy.com/a_map.htm 中进行了描述。

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