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'''Voting''' refers to any system of making [[multiple choice]] collectively - it is typically used in [[election]]s to form a [[government]] which must make binding decisions that affect everyone, or elect a board (or sometimes even the management) of an enterprise.
'''Voting''' refers to any system of making [[w:multiple choice|multiple choice]] collectively - it is typically used in [[w:election|election]]s to form a [[w:government|government]] which must make binding decisions that affect everyone, or elect a board (or sometimes even the management) of an enterprise.


In democratic elections the voting is '''closed''' and the [[vote counting]] is '''open'''.  
In democratic elections the voting is '''closed''' and the [[#The trick is in the counting|vote counting]] is '''open'''.  


Consumerium has the opposite system where '''voting is [[open voting|open]]''' and vote counting is '''[[closed counting|closed]] and tunable''' which is possible because there is no requirement to reach a consensus like there is when electing elected representatives of the people in democratic elections.
Consumerium has the opposite system where '''voting is [[#The trick is in the counting|open]]''' and vote counting is '''[[#The trick is in the counting|closed]] and tunable''' which is possible because there is no requirement to reach a consensus like there is when electing elected representatives of the people in democratic elections.




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