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by rumcajz 2155 days ago
That sounds exploitable. People would strategically vote "I don't understand" to delay the initiative.
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Why do that instead of just "no"?
Because likely to elicit reworking of the proposal you would need less than 50% of the vote. To defeat the proposal you need at least 50%.
you could still deal with that. one option would be to just go for the outcome with the highest percentage, instead of the simple 50% majority.