[malthuswaswrong]

Public voting is not status quo outside of Debian. In the real world the only places that have public voting are places that are controlled by dictators.

[Spooky23]

It’s very common for boards and other organizational entities to use public voting. I’d argue that it’s a feature of legislative processes.

I do think ranked choice voting is dumb and adds low value and high complexity. This thread with hundreds of comments affirms that notion.

[toast0]

Most (all?) US legislatures don't have private voting and are not controlled by dictators; not sure about other countries. Voice voting does happen in some contexts and doesn't leave a record of who voted how, but most contested votes are recorded.

To me, Debian Developer feels more like a position of responsibility and representation than a member of the public. But I'm not one, and I don't know what the expectations are.

[notriddle]

As well as many, many organizations that aren’t governments.