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From: jha@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Jamie Andrews)
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Death to boundary conditions!  Add 60 "silent no votes"
and then require a 60% majority.  (Your numbers may vary.)

		Yes votes
	-------------------------  >=  .60
	Yes votes + No votes + 60      ^^^
			       ^^ Your favourite numbers here
Thus if you get
0	no votes, you need	90	yes votes
50	no votes, you need	165	yes votes
100	no votes, you need	240	yes votes
200	no votes, you need	330	yes votes
etc., to win.

(Knew that frp experience would come in handy! :-))

--Jamie.
  jha@lfcs.ed.ac.uk
"And your flame has burned so very very brightly, Roy"