Eligible voters had cast 31,294 votes, meaning that the number of votes cast this year is significantly lower than for CSM 8. We feel that this is due to a lack of awareness about the CSMGÇÖs form and function within the community, and we will be working actively with CSM9 to reach a broader audience over the coming term.

what percentage of eligible accounts cast votes?

Psychotic Monk came close this year, pity he didn't get on.

Basically, once your number one get elected, any "overflowing" votes (aka votes that your number one candidate do not need to be elected) transfer to the number 2, then number 3, etc. The process stop when your vote is useful for a candidate.

So basically, if you only voted for very likely elected CSM, and did not fill your 14 votes, your vote has an high chance of just being wasted and basically, meaning nothing.

Voting is a lot of work and it's pretty hard.

Wow, when the goon propaganda machine starts pre-empting me with defensive posting, they are indeed in full spin mode.

I have been doing RL work, so don't even have time to absorb this, but 31,274 votes cast versus 49,402 last year, wow.

Now, wonder what the cause was from the following choices:

a. CCP completely bungled the entire "get out the vote" concept to new players (love the huge chunk of new accounts created for the vote, wonder how many will be active next month?)
b. As Malcanis, mynnna, and the rest of the cartel propaganda team suggests, I, the lone high sec champion, managed to suppress the vote, with my posting of dead accurate analysis of what CCP and the cartels are doing with Eve.
c. The majority of the player base, high sec, recognized the direction the game is heading, realized the futility of voting and didn't.
d. All of the above.

Oh, and for option c., I wonder how many who chose that option are indeed voting in a much more pragmatic manner?

Carry on being told how to vote by someone else and realise that this is just a game.

I suggested that people take a % hit to their skill training time if they DIDN'T vote since psych studies show that you are more likely to respond to loss than bribes.

I have trouble understanding the people who didn't have the time to vote but do have the time to tell me that on the forums. And with the new voting procedure once you voted with one account said vote choices were saved for each successive account.

None of the Above is a good idea, he is a nice guy. Yes, there is a character called None of the Above

CCP Leeloo did ask a serious question . . . in case you missed it

If you didn't vote because you were not contacted HOW would you prefer said contact to come? EveMail spam? Popups in game while you are in the midst of a cambat? Bigger login messaging? Inability to login until you vote?

You are reading this on the forums but where do you think we can reach the MOST people. Get the message out with the highest efficiency and the lowest 'pissoff' rate?

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Oh and to the abstain idea. I like it. I would prefer that if Abstain wins outright there is another election and none of the original candidates can run in that election. I like to play hardcore.

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Nope, because they did not show up to show their disdain in abstaining. They might have been on vacation or too lazy to push butan or (to get back to the original point) they did not even bloody know that there was an election going on.

Thems the ones I want to get to.

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Now THAT is a good point. On the assumption (no do not tell me what they say about assume) that we follow past forms the next election may not fall on that timeline. If Fanfest is in March and we elect the winners in March we will have to campaign sooner, vote in maybe even February. Or they can decide a year is a year and run the election after Fanfest.

But good point just the same

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i would vote for dinsdale for csm as long as someone promised me video of the summits

Where is the reason for hisec to vote for nullsec candidates?

If there is no reason to vote then there should be no vote.

Of course it is used to push personal agendas, or at least, group advantages.

still waiting david

Seriously, we've got to find a way to get past the myth that nullsec hates highsec "carebears", espcecially to the point that nullsec candidates are seeking to destroy it. Without hisec, nullsec wouldn't operate very well and vice versa.

CCP, STOP listening to CSM, which only represents 10% of your player base, and start thinking about the 90% of subscribed accounts that ARE NOT in one of these mega alliances.

However, as stated previously, given the low voter turnout by the blocks, CCP also needs to make sure they're not ignoring the wants/needs of the remaining (Num_of_Subscribers - 31,294) players.

also this argument that "the csm has too many nullsec candidates and not enough that represent MY PLAYSTYLE" is not something that ccp can actually change