Passing threshold based on "voters who participated" instead of "all allowed voters"?

[pitmonticone]

Hi!

Thanks for building this project! I’m testing it for my organization and I have a configuration question.

From the docs and README, the passing threshold is currently based on the number of users with a binding vote (i.e. all allowed voters in the profile).
In our case we’d like the threshold to depend only on the number of people who actually voted, not the entire eligible set.

Example

Suppose a team has 20 members with binding votes, but only 10 of them actually participate in a vote.

• Current behavior (if I understand correctly):
  14 yes votes would be required for a 70% threshold (20 × 0.7).
  Even if only 10 members vote, the denominator is still 20.

• Desired behavior:
  7 yes votes should be enough for a 70% threshold (10 × 0.7), since only 10 members voted.

Optionally, one could also combine this with a quorum requirement (e.g. at least 5 participants, or at least 40% of binding voters must participate).

Questions

1. Is this already supported in .gitvote.yml?
2. If not, would you consider adding a config option to switch the denominator?

[tegioz]

Hi @pitmonticone 👋

No, this option is not supported in GitVote.

At the moment, we are trying to keep the tool as simple as possible, so adding more options to control the passing threshold isn't in our roadmap. But if the situation changes, we'll get back to you 🙂