https://github.com/xi/voterunner

quick and dirty votes and discussions
https://github.com/xi/voterunner

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quick and dirty votes and discussions

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/xi/voterunner
• Owner: xi
• License: agpl-3.0
• Created: 2016-08-28T08:00:48.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-07-21T07:55:25.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-03T10:34:22.508Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Language: JavaScript
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• Size: 561 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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voterunner

==========

Voterunner combines public [delegated

voting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_democracy) with real-time

communication inspired by [etherpad](http://etherpad.org/). While this

concept is not perfect for every situation it is beautiful in its

simplicity.

How to use it

-------------

*One goal of voterunner is to experiment with this concept in practice.

Since I really just wrote it the following section is more or less

fiction.*

Your group needs to make a decision, but doing this on a mailinglist

would definitely get messy. So instead you create a discussion on

voterunner simply by typing

`https://voterunner.example.com/#your-topic` into the address bar of

your browser.

You are lazy, right? So of course you want the group to make the right

decision but you don't want to do the whole discussion thing yourself.

So you will delegate your vote.

Now you can concentrate on convincing those who have not already

delegated their votes to support you. You may also try to steer the one

you support in the right direction.

To achieve this you work on your arguments. Try to address counter

arguments and be as precise as possible. Remember that you are a node in

a graph so you don't need to repeat everything your supporters already

said. Just make your own point very clear.

But maybe you even have an innovative idea. In that case you may revoke

the delegation. Now you compete directly with other ideas. Maybe you can

convince others, but maybe you should delegate your vote again in order

to agree on a compromise.

Once everyone agrees on a single proposal you not only have a decision

but also a record of all the little arguments that lead you there.

Limitations

-----------

This uses a very simple [via](https://github.com/xi/via) backend which

comes with a set of limitations:

-	No protection against manipulation (but users can verify their own

	votes)

-	No protection against data loss

-	No builtin authentication

-	All data will be deleted after 2 weeks of inactivity

Development

-----------

You will need to install [sassc](https://github.com/sass/sassc) and

[browserify](https://www.npmjs.com/package/browserify). Once these

requirements are met, you can simply run `make` to build all files.