On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 8:27 AM, Brian (bex) Exelbierd
<bexelbie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've heard from several people (warning anecdata!) that they often
don't vote when they are happy with the way things are. One
person specifically said they didn't vote because they liked the
whole slate of candidates and were ok with whomever won.
I think that might have a lot to do with the turnout, indeed. I believe
there's a general perception in the community that FESCo has been doing
a good job, and there's not really any significant issues involved in
the election.
But also, consider election burnout. FESCo, Mindshare, and Council
elections, every six months or thereabouts... it turns out to be a lot,
right? We've had nine completed elections in the past year, or fourteen
if you count the five cancelled elections. [1] That's a quirk of our
releases not being exactly six months apart, but it's also kind of a
lot, right? Reading the interviews for the same candidates again and
again each year gets old pretty fast. So if we want to increase turnout
and improve our elections, the first thing I would do is make the
elections less frequent, to reduce voter burnout, e.g. once hold them
all once per year (for three elections per year) instead of twice per
year.
I would also double the terms served by the candidates (at least for
FESCo), since otherwise we'd wind up with twice as many candidates on
the ballot at each election, which would make the elections more
confusing (more names to recognize, more candidate interviews to read)
and could backfire on us (as I'd expect voters are more likely to vote
in simpler elections). Longer terms would also make the results of the
elections more consequential, i.e. it becomes more important to vote if
you care about FESCo because the people elected are going to be there
for two years instead of one.
Michael
[1] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/archives
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