re: #407 Gus 802

Not exactly - since the lack of a vote is not an affirmation.

The similarity would be in terms of referendum and ballot measures, not the election of candidates in office.

Say you want a proposition to increase property taxes to build a new ballpark (see Long Island’s attempt to build a new arena for the Islanders). You get 10% turnout, and it passes (in reality, it lost even with the 10% turnout). However, under the union rule, it would lose because all those nonvotes became no votes.