Not necessarily ; I said I was a runner, but I just wanted to take care not to auto-proclaim myself without checking the other candidatures first
Yes, like for the other votes, it's validated by the council members' votes (which is why polls must be made public). But saying that other people have no influence is wrong ; it encourages discussion before voting, as people come and post their point, developing their arguments as convincingly as possible. Many council members, including myself, are greatly influenced by what people say around a public poll. We all have an initial opinion on a lot of subjects, but convincing arguments make it flip easily.
On the other hand, it is not possible IMO, to have a perfect democracy here ; at least not *right now*. the (3)COLORS event reminds us that one single moron can make more noise than what 100 normal people usually do. The same person could register a dozen different accounts, start polls where only himself (or nearly) would vote and influence over all the Bots United decisions in his favour. Democracy needs a police, and we don't have one (it would not be fun to anyway). Else it's called anarchy, and anarchy without education is doomed to failure. No contradiction being
still an anarchist here, by the way