I'm all in favor of non-submitters voting -- the more the better! Let's figure out how to interest them! I just disagree with either of these propositions: a) having submitters vote is bad; b) if only submitters vote, it's worthless. Regards, Bryan On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Dale Newfield <dale@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > To expand on that thought: We're looking for participation beyond those > submitting games. If every voter is a submitter then we get a 1:1 ratio, > but still zero exposure outside of this small community. > > An election where only the candidates vote is a direct democracy (and you > might as well not have the election). What we want is a representative > democracy where everyone contributes their opinion, not just the insiders. > > -Dale