Debian Project Leader Elections 2020
Time Line
| Nomination period: | Sunday 2020-03-08 00:00:00 UTC | Saturday 2020-03-14 23:59:59 UTC |
|---|---|---|
| Campaigning period: | Sunday 2020-03-15 00:00:00 UTC | Saturday 2020-04-04 23:59:59 UTC |
| Voting period: | Sunday 2020-04-05 00:00:00 UTC | Saturday 2020-04-18 23:59:59 UTC |
Please note that the new term for the project leader shall start on 2020-04-21.
Nominations
- Jonathan Carter [[email protected]] [nomination mail] [platform]
- Sruthi Chandran [[email protected]] [nomination mail] [platform]
- Brian Gupta [[email protected]] [nomination mail] [platform]
The ballot, when ready, can be requested through email by sending a signed email to [email protected] with the subject leader2020.
Data and Statistics
This year, like always, statistics will be gathered about ballots received and acknowledgements sent periodically during the voting period. Additionally, the list of voters will be recorded. Also, the tally sheet will also be made available to be viewed. Please remember that the project leader election has a secret ballot, so the tally sheet will not contain the voter's name but a HMAC that allows the voters to check that their vote is in the list of votes. There is a key generated for each voter that is send along with the ack for the vote.
Quorum
With the current list of voting developers, we have:
Current Developer Count = 1011
Q ( sqrt(#devel) / 2 ) = 15.8981130955846
K min(5, Q ) = 5
Quorum (3 x Q ) = 47.6943392867539
Quorum
- Option1 Reached quorum: 301 > 47.6943392867539
- Option2 Reached quorum: 244 > 47.6943392867539
- Option3 Reached quorum: 194 > 47.6943392867539
Majority Requirement
The candidate needs a simple majority to be eligible.
Majority
- Option1 passes Majority. 8.853 (301/34) >= 1
- Option2 passes Majority. 3.211 (244/76) >= 1
- Option3 passes Majority. 1.552 (194/125) >= 1
Outcome
In the graph above, any pink colored nodes imply that the option did not pass majority, the Blue is the winner. The Octagon is used for the options that did not beat the default.
- Option 1 "Jonathan Carter"
- Option 2 "Sruthi Chandran"
- Option 3 "Brian Gupta"
- Option 4 "None Of The Above"
In the following table, tally[row x][col y] represents the votes that option x received over option y. A more detailed explanation of the beat matrix may help in understanding the table. For understanding the Condorcet method, the Wikipedia entry is fairly informative.
| Option | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Option 1 | 258 | 281 | 301 | |
| Option 2 | 57 | 163 | 244 | |
| Option 3 | 40 | 114 | 194 | |
| Option 4 | 34 | 76 | 125 | |
Looking at row 2, column 1, Sruthi Chandran
received 57 votes over Jonathan Carter
Looking at row 1, column 2, Jonathan Carter
received 258 votes over Sruthi Chandran.
Pair-wise defeats
- Option 1 defeats Option 2 by ( 258 - 57) = 201 votes.
- Option 1 defeats Option 3 by ( 281 - 40) = 241 votes.
- Option 1 defeats Option 4 by ( 301 - 34) = 267 votes.
- Option 2 defeats Option 3 by ( 163 - 114) = 49 votes.
- Option 2 defeats Option 4 by ( 244 - 76) = 168 votes.
- Option 3 defeats Option 4 by ( 194 - 125) = 69 votes.
The Schwartz Set contains
- Option 1 "Jonathan Carter"
The winners
- Option 1 "Jonathan Carter"
Debian uses the Condorcet method for voting.
Simplistically, plain Condorcets method
can be stated like so :
Consider all possible two-way races between candidates.
The Condorcet winner, if there is one, is the one
candidate who can beat each other candidate in a two-way
race with that candidate.
The problem is that in complex elections, there may well
be a circular relationship in which A beats B, B beats C,
and C beats A. Most of the variations on Condorcet use
various means of resolving the tie. See
Cloneproof Schwartz Sequential Dropping
for details. Debian's variation is spelled out in the
constitution,
specifically, A.6.
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