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sun surfer · 11-06-2016, 07:52 AM

I hadn't thought of that about run-offs, Bookpossum. It's a good point. Personally I really like this new way on both counts. It may seem counter-intuitive but voting by post instead of poll is actually easier for me. I can keep everything in one thread which I really like; I don't have to transfer the nominations to a new thread and be careful creating a poll and get the new thread stickied and the old thread released (and sometimes all this twice if there's a run-off).

The downsides that I can see are that it isn't as elegant and simple as a poll, and there is the possibility of mistakes while adding up votes. Nothing is perfect though and I'm willing to live with that.

11-06-2016, 07:52 AM	#229
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	I hadn't thought of that about run-offs, Bookpossum. It's a good point. Personally I really like this new way on both counts. It may seem counter-intuitive but voting by post instead of poll is actually easier for me. I can keep everything in one thread which I really like; I don't have to transfer the nominations to a new thread and be careful creating a poll and get the new thread stickied and the old thread released (and sometimes all this twice if there's a run-off). The downsides that I can see are that it isn't as elegant and simple as a poll, and there is the possibility of mistakes while adding up votes. Nothing is perfect though and I'm willing to live with that. Last edited by sun surfer; 11-06-2016 at 09:37 AM.