Final Vote for Plan B Person of the Year for 2016

[Guinevere]

#ViveLaResistance

#BoycottPBPOY

#ResistThePlanBpanzee

#RockTheNonVote

[Bicycle Bill]

103 "Plan B" members (and given time I could probably come up with how many are still active, as in posted within the past year).
18 votes to date.
Yeah, sounds about right.

-"BB"-

[rubato]

I am with Guin. I'm not voting.


yrs,
rubato

[Lord Jim]

103 "Plan B" members (and given time I could probably come up with how many are still active, as in posted within the past year).
18 votes to date.
Yeah, sounds about right.

-"BB"-

Last year, there was a total of 20 votes in the final round:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14982

[Guinevere]

I am with Guin. I'm not voting.


yrs,
rubato

I believe what you meant to post was:

#ImWithHer

#ImStillWithHer

[Joe Guy]

[Joe Guy]

[MajGenl.Meade]

Joe may loose the majority of actual votes cast but, as he is an active and involved member of the Plan B Electoral College (membership 1), I think the eventual winner may not be he or she who garners the most votes from insignificant persons.

[Lord Jim]

A little refresher on the history of The Plan B Peron Of The Year Award:

The first two years, there was no runoff vote and the winner was declared after the first round when everyone had three votes to cast.

The first contest had the lowest number of members participating. In that contest, Sue won, receiving 6 votes of the 33 that were cast for 18% of the votes. (As has been pointed out, that year there was actually a three way tie so two other candidates also received 18%. 33 divided by 3 represents only 11 actual voting participants, but though I haven't checked, I'm sure some people voted for folks who weren't on the list, so allowing for that, maybe 14 or 15 people voted. Those non-list votes also mean that Sue's "winning" percentage was most likely actually less than 18%.)

Here's a link to the results for that year:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10450&hilit=Plan+B+ ... Year+Award

The following year, Meade won with 8 votes out of the 45 votes that were cast, also receiving 18% of the total votes of those on the list. (And again, because there was no runoff vote, when you include people who voted for folks not on the list, that percentage would be lower.)

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12616&hilit=award+2014

(Another thing that should be noted about the first two years, is that because there was no second round among the top finishers, there is no way to know whether the two people who were declared the winner were actually the first choice of any of the folks who voted for them...)

Last year, we had the first second round vote, (everyone only getting 1 vote) and Guin and Big RR tied, (in only a four person field) each receiving 6 votes, or 30% a piece (20 people voted):

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14982&p=191967&hili ... 15#p191967

In that case it was decided to resolve the tie by declaring both Big RR and Guin winners, naming one "Plan B Man Of the Year" and the other "Plan B Woman Of The Year".

Just a little FYI on prior year results...

[Burning Petard]

Just a suggestion, for next year, in honor of the many points of discussion about how the USofA national elections could be handled.

1. Voter eligibility. Open. If you can get your post to show on the site, you can vote. No picture id required. But vote must be visible post, no secret ballot.

2. Candidate eligibility. Open to any handle listed as 'member'

3. Complex voting. Give the tabulator something to do. Each voter can vote for three names, ranking them. Highest rank=5 Middle rank =3, lowest rank=1. You can vote multiple times, up to the announced deadline. Only latest vote is counted. Highest total number wins.

Public voting, Results can be tabulated by anyone, which should result in adamant differences of opinion, vociferously expressed. This is consistent with the first rule of this BBS, to argue.

snailgate.

[Sue U]

This is consistent with the first rule of this BBS, to argue.

snailgate.

I thought the first rule of Plan B is don't argue about Plan B.

[Big RR]

Jim--your history appears to be accurate, but that was then--this is now. Holding a runoff will add in demonstrating our displeasure in having a president not commanding a majority of the votes cast (or even the highest total of all candidates) saying he has a mandate. It will show how we cherish the principles of democracy and want to assure that the people are heard. And, perhaps more importantly, it will give us a diversion from the inauguration debacle. Stand up for the institution of democracy and support it.

sue--or is it, what happens in Plan B stays in Plan B? Or maybe that there is no Plan B?

[Lord Jim]

Each voter can vote for three names, ranking them. Highest rank=5 Middle rank =3, lowest rank=1. You can vote multiple times, up to the announced deadline. Only latest vote is counted. Highest total number wins.

I'm afraid trying to keep track of the voting with that system might cause Joe's head to explode... (it would mine; especially with multiple people changing votes and rankings...)

Plus with that system, we'd only have one week of these witty (and not so witty) posting exchanges instead of two...

[Crackpot]

A little refresher on the history of The Plan B Peron Of The Year Award:

Always vote Evita

[Lord Jim]

It will show how we cherish the principles of democracy and want to assure that the people are heard.

...Stand up for the institution of democracy and support it.

Ahh, those are such lovely and stirring words...

Particularly coming from Mr. Winner With 30% of The Vote...

[Big RR]

Wasn't she supposed to have been immortal? That's not much to ask for.

Jim--again, that was then--this is now.

[wesw]

it s not my fault that I lost.

the electorate is not up to snuff.

the system was subverted.

the truth was leaked

truth has no place in a free and fair election.

back to the electorate.

they are too stupid to deserve a vote

they are bigoted and most likely Nazis.

in the unlikely event that they aren t Nazis, they are certainly communists.

jim s ancestor s may have owned slaves.

his love for the confederate flag is well known.

he consorts with thespians.

he has supported military rule

you judge who his cohort may be.

you will listen as his axe hews down the tree of liberty

you will listen and you will weep.

#revulsion now

[oldr_n_wsr]

I don't vote in polls. More precisely I don't click on a choice in the poll.
I do however, post my vote so everyone can see who I voted for.

My vote for planB Person of the Year 2016 is:

wesw

[wesw]

I am now posting from an undisclosed location.

somewhere on the eastern shore....

...near Vienna md.....

dick cheney and don Rumsfeld are my new neighbors....

they don t know it yet, but they will.....

I have found refuge.

[Sue U]

The first contest had the lowest number of members participating. In that contest, Sue won, receiving 6 votes of the 33 that were cast for 18% of the votes. (As has been pointed out, that year there was actually a three way tie

A-hem ... Since you posted a link, I went back and checked. In fact, there was NOT a "three-way tie." Although it might appear that way if you only look at the click-poll result, what actually happened was that oldr-n-wsr cast the tie-breaking vote in a post to the thread, since (as noted there and here) he doesn't vote in those kinds of polls. And after the results were announced, I was, in fact, the only one to question their legitimacy; you never said boo about it until now, in a transparent bid for sympathy votes.

So, Mr. Sour Grapes, untwist your panties and accept your looseriness like the perennial bridesmaid you are!