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As a moderator, how can I resolve a tie in voting between contradictory answers to a policy discussion?

I feel we are in a bit of an awkward position on Engineering SE at present due to a three-way tie between answers to a scoping question. The question defines a particular category of question on the ...
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Electing one person versus electing several: are the considerations for choosing a voting scheme different?

When a community elects leaders (a board of trustees, moderators, officers, etc), that community must first determine a voting scheme. There are lots of different voting schemes out there, and they ...
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Periodic confirmation votes for moderators and administrators

When moderators or administrators are selected by community election, what are the pros and cons of scheduled confirmation votes? For example on English Wikipedia, barring death or extreme events, ...
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