[OpenID board] Voting validation & wording

[DeWitt Clinton]

+1 to Chris' proposed language.

Also, js validation of the limit would indeed be fantastic.

-DeWitt

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com>wrote:

> The current language on the voting page is somewhat confusing:
>
>> This election is running and votes can be cast one vote per candidate up
>> to the total number of seats available; for this election, that means you
>> get 7 votes. Make sure you vote by December 24, 2008.
>
>
>
>> Please note that you can only cast votes once (unlike seconding nominees).
>> After you submit your votes, you cannot change your votes or cast additional
>> votes.
>
>
>
> Seems like this would be more clear:
>
> Voting is now open until December 24, 2008.
>>
>
>> There are a total of 17 candidates vying to fill seven board seats. You
>> may cast up to, but no more than, seven votes, and you only vote for each
>> candidate once.
>>
>
>> You will only be able to submit your votes once, and cannot make changes
>> or add additional votes once you have submitted them.
>>
>
>> Results will be announced by Dec 31, and the new board will be installed
>> on Jan 1, 2009.
>>
>
> I also attempted to vote for 10 candidates to see if I'd be given an error,
> and I was not. I suggest either returning an in-page error or doing a
> Javascript detection that only allows you to select up to seven candidates
> and then disables the rest of the checkboxes.
>
> Chris
>
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