Python Governance Electoral System

[brettcannon]

@njs

Given that some people think that we should sort out ties ourselves, and others want to make sure the voting doesn’t go on indefinitely, maybe a good compromise would be:

• If there’s a tie (or if we use “pure Condorcet”, a cycle) at the end of the voting period, then extend the voting period for 1 week, to give us a chance for discussion and for people to change their votes and hopefully resolve it.
• If even that doesn’t work, then [ask the PSF board / use random.choice on the top contenders / …]

That seems like a reasonable compromise to me.

Another option would be to change the last step to a second vote that must conclude within a month of the last vote where we hold a plurality/first-past-the-post vote for those involved in the tie/cycle. If we tie even in that instance then we are a very special group of individuals.