2006 ENnies Judge Voting Poll/Thread

[Crothian]

You forgot Darkness

 

[Mark CMG]

It appears the voting is going quite well!

 

[Teflon Billy]

You forgot Darkness

Bygones!

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

And yet you posit some kind of explosive growth in voter turnout--rather than the steady growth we've seen--if you eliminate (or limit) incumbency.

I'm just not sure why you posit that.

I am not against incumbency, but historically a "close race" tends to "bring out the vote".

Another factor that no one has commented on is the # of candidates. A longer list of candidates favors incumbants. I'm not suggesting we stop anyone from entering the race, but the "newblood" vote is being split 13 ways, while the "incumbant" vote is only split 4 ways

 

[JediSoth]

Or maybe they won't. Maybe they will be in fact not be any good. I'm not against new blood, but its a chance and a gamble. A previous judge is a known factor.

I would say that not all of this is neccessarily true. We all know that being an ENnies Judge is a lot of really hard work. Maybe the previous judge has a plethora of real life issues crop up just as judging really starts to get underway. Maybe 4 months after being elected, they have a massive attitude shift and no longer care to do a good job. Everyone has slumps. It's a chance and a gamble whenever someone is popularly elected to do a job.

Now, I'm not saying that will happen. I'm just saying that its a misconception that incumbants will automatically do a good job. I could bring up several real life examples, but politics aren't allowed on these boards.

For the record, I don't have a problem with anyone who looks likely to win. Heck, I'm just thrilled that I got more than 1 vote. I know my post count isn't very high and there's a reason for that. Most of the time, by the time of day I get in on a thread, anything I would have to add has already been said. I hate being repetitive. I generally only post if I have a question or I feel I can contribute positively to the thread (though, I have hijacked a thread or two over the last several years).

Good luck to all us running. And whoever wins, I'll see you at the ENnies! I have to bring the display cases, you know. Dextra, they're doing just fine. I game near them every other week, so they don't forget what they're for.

JediSoth

 

[Dextra]

Why is fresh blood good? Or more importantly, why is it better then a few years or more experience of doing the job?

I think that we need one new voice every year, lest we become too predictable or stale. Stir things up a bit.

 

[DaveMage]

So people, I'd be interested to know what has influenced your choice in judge selection.

I voted for a balance of old judges and new judges based on their reviews and/or their posts on EN World.

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

After three days the voting has slowed down, at 408 votes this is 75% of last years turnout.

We have seven people running this election who also ran in the last election. All but one have a higher percentage of the vote, in spite of there being more canidates (Mixmaster is running 1/2 of one percent behind last year.) The most dramatic change is Xath who doing twice as well (percentage wise) than last year.

So it seems that just running for Ennies Judge can help in future elections.

2006 Judges Election (17 candidates, 7 from previous year) 

[color=red]Teflon Billy (Jeff Ranger)    			285 	69.85% [/color]
[color=orange]Crothian (Chris Gath)    			263 	64.46% [/color]
[color=yellow]JoeGKushner (Joe G Kushner)    		        244 	59.80% [/color]
[color=green]Cthulhu's Librarian (Richard J. Miller), SC     220 	53.92% [/color]
diaglo (David Temporado)    			138 	33.82% 

Ankh-Morpork Guard (Graham Johnson)    	         94 	23.04%
[color=plum]Xath (Gertie Barden), SC    			 84 	20.59%[/color]
[color=blue]Umbran (Arnis Kletnieks)    			 62 	15.20% [/color]

Keeper of Secrets (Matthew Muth)    		 61 	14.95% 

trancejeremy (Jeremy Reaban)    		 46 	11.27% 
nakia (Nakia S. Pope)    			 42 	10.29% 
Quickbeam (Kevin Bopp), SC    		         37 	 9.07% 

RavenHyde (Selma McCrory)    		         36 	 8.82% 
Tarondor (Scott Nolan), SC    		         30 	 7.35% 
[color=purple]Mixmaster (Leslie Foster), SC    		 27 	 6.62% [/color]
JediSoth (Hans Cummings)    		         22 	 5.39% 
Eridanis (Matt Bogen), SC    			 18 	 4.41%

2005 Judges Results (16 candidates, one removed himself)

[b]Piratecat    		424   	77.80%[/b]
[b][color=red]Teflon Billy    	346 	63.49%[/b] [/color]
[b][color=orange]Crothian    	        310 	56.88%[/b] [/color]
[s][color=yellow]JoeGKushner    	        258 	47.34%[/s] [/color]
[b][color=green]Cthulhu's Librarian    	234 	42.94%[/b] [/color]
[b]alsih2o    		228 	41.83%[/b]

Darkness    		142 	26.06%  
die_kluge    		116 	21.28% 

BardStephenFox    	 92 	16.88% 

[color=blue]Umbran    		 65 	11.93% [/color]
Maldur    		 52 	 9.54% 

[color=plum]Xath    		 50 	 9.17%[/color]
Nisarg    		 45 	 8.26%  
[color=purple]Mixmaster    		 39 	 7.16% [/color]
Macbeth    		 38 	 6.97%
omokage    		 30 	 5.50%

 

[JoeGKushner]

I think that we need one new voice every year, lest we become too predictable or stale. Stir things up a bit.

Yet per the rules, so to speak, there is nothing that actually enforces that viewpoint.

 

[Xath]

After three days the voting has slowed down, at 408 votes this is 75% of last years turnout.

We have seven people running this election who also ran in the last election. All but one have a higher percentage of the vote, in spite of there being more canidates (Mixmaster is running 1/2 of one percent behind last year.) The most dramatic change is Xath who doing twice as well (percentage wise) than last year.

So it seems that just running for Ennies Judge can help in future elections.

For me, I think it has to do with the fact that I've been a lot more vocal on the more well-traversed boards this year than I was last year.