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Flawed Ghana U21 Election

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111778.1
Date: 9/16/2009 9:00:02 PM
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This evening (8ish Boston time) I visited to check if I won the election to be Ghana's U21 coach. When I clicked on the election central link, it showed a user "leoluo" had won with zero votes, but no other candidates. I am absolutely sure that I registered for the election, and surmise that I am not the only one as many others expressed interest in the thread. I know that I registered properly for the election because I tried to register for another election as well (Ghana national team) only to be informed that I had already registered for a different election. I also doubt that the half dozen or so other people who expressed interest in the forum were unable to properly register.

Can we please have the rightful manager appointed to the team and corresponding votes displayed. If not, is a reelection possible?

Thanks,

Sam

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111778.2 in reply to 111778.1
Date: 9/16/2009 11:13:28 PM
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so in ghana we had a large number of applicants, but nobody actually voted in the election. So we had a randomly chosen manager from the candidates chosen as manager, and the election results are shown as just the one person winning with zero votes... this is what will happen when there are candidates but no votes.

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111778.3 in reply to 111778.2
Date: 9/16/2009 11:55:41 PM
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Thank you for the clarification. That makes sense. Sad to see there wasn't any turnout.

EDIT: I see there is now a coach for the Sr. National Ghana team.

Last edited by WasabiSam at 9/16/2009 11:57:15 PM

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111778.4 in reply to 111778.2
Date: 9/17/2009 6:46:30 AM
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so in ghana we had a large number of applicants, but nobody actually voted in the election. So we had a randomly chosen manager from the candidates chosen as manager, and the election results are shown as just the one person winning with zero votes... this is what will happen when there are candidates but no votes.


You can literally go right to the source, but I don't believe it's random. Lowest user id is the tiebreaker, I thought. Seems consistent with the result here.

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111778.5 in reply to 111778.4
Date: 9/17/2009 8:30:27 AM
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sorry you are correct, the most experienced user is appointed.

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111778.6 in reply to 111778.5
Date: 9/17/2009 11:57:40 PM
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Well, in that case, I object to how it is determined. I think that speaking the same language as the country you coach is a big deal. Now, I have no idea if the Ghana U-21 manager speaks English or not, but many of the candidates clearly used an internet translator that made them incoherent.

I think there should be a re-vote with better advertising as to how to vote and what voting is all about. In my first season, I had no idea about the national teams; in Ghana and Senegal, you have two countries full of newbies. National team voting instructions are confusing as currently written. During election season, I think there should be a large "click here to vote in your country's election" banner on the main page.

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111778.7 in reply to 111778.6
Date: 9/18/2009 2:55:35 AM
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During election season, I think there should be a large "click here to vote in your country's election" banner on the main page.


This is what I agree with. I think it will raise number of people voting in all countries generally. In Czech rep. we had only 7% of all users voting and that is not many. And I guess it is moreless the same in all the countries in BB, isnt it?