Voting on a Decision
Find open Decisions, vote, change your vote, and see results.
Where
Tap Commons, then Decide. Open Decisions are under Open Decisions. To propose one, tap Start something (on the phone, the round + button) on Commons, then pick Decision (or tap + Propose a Decision on Decide). See "Proposing a Decision".
A Decision is binding: if it passes, your community's server carries it out by itself. An admin can stop one only by giving a written reason that members can read. The rules for who can vote, how much turnout is needed and how much Yes is needed are in "Rules and how decisions work".
The global community has no Decisions. Anyone can join it, with 12 words or a sign-in, so one person with several accounts could swing a vote there. Its moderators look after it instead: see "Reporting a problem". Decisions belong to local communities. Polls still work everywhere.
On the global community, Commons shows an example Decision from a local community, marked 🏘️ Local community, so you can see how one works. Its Vote YES and Vote NO buttons say why voting lives in a local community, and cast nothing. See "Beans and the global community".
Reading a Decision
Each Decision shows:
- what it is about, and what will happen if it passes;
- how the votes count: one member one vote, or voice credits for decisions about the Commons' beans;
- how long is left. Voting runs for 7 days;
- Turnout: how many votes it needs, and whether it has them yet;
- Tally: the Yes and No so far, and how much Yes it needs.
A vote on removing a member also shows who brought the case (the admin who suspended them), and the member's own reply, beside the case, once they have written one. If an admin hid the case because it was shown to be false, you read the admin's reason in its place. If an admin took down the reply because it harmed someone, you read their reason in the reply's place. When a vote on removing a member opens, everyone who can vote on it gets an alert on their phone. See "Rules and how decisions work".
If the vote is about you, the card says you can't vote on it, and offers Reply to this case while it is open, and Report this case as false.
Voting
- Tap Vote YES or Vote NO. On the phone, the app says Vote Recorded. In the web app, the card updates.
- The card then says what you voted, like "You voted Yes".
- To change your mind before it closes, tap the other button, such as Change to No.
Every Decision is a secret ballot. Members see the totals, never who voted how. Your own vote is shown only to you.
Decisions about the Commons' beans
These use voice credits. You get voice credits from your completed trades, fresh for each Decision. Use − and + to choose how many votes to give. More votes cost more: 2 votes cost 4 credits, 3 votes cost 9.
If you have not completed a trade yet, you cannot vote on these. You can still vote on the other Decisions, as long as you joined before they opened and your credit is not frozen.
Results
Tap Decisions History. Choose All, Executed, Failed or Void. Each shows the final turnout and tally, and what happened, for example that too few people voted.
More
On the phone, tap the ⓘ beside the Commons title for how the Commons' beans and voting work. In the web app, open the Ledger, tap Wallet, then Commons Pool ⓘ.
Related
- Proposing a DecisionAsk the community to decide something binding.
- Rules and how decisions workVoting, turnout, secret ballots, who may vote, suspension, removing a member, keepers, and convenors and lead convenors.
- PollsAsk the community a quick question. Polls show opinion; they change nothing by themselves.
- The CommonsYour community's shared beans: where they come from, and how they are spent.
- The top barThe bean, the small icons that show when something needs you, and the buttons at the top right.
- Beans and the global communityWhat the global community is for, one community among many, and what you see there: the 🏘️ Local community marker, the example community Example Valley, why Beans wait there, and how to start or find a local community.
The same guide is in the BeanPool app, and works there without a connection: open Settings, then "Help & how it works" under BeanPool. Every other rule, guide and manual is in the Help Centre. Guide version 162.