Status Quo

Status quo (Latin) – a legal term denoting the current, unchanged state of affairs.

The inability to preserve the Status Quo is one of the possible manipulations during voting. Imagine such a vote:

Do you want to be cut off:
– arm
– leg
– abstain from voting

Such a vote does not give the possibility of preserving both limbs. The creator of the vote can thus force a decision – even if the majority does not agree to it.

Instead, the vote should be worded as follows:

Do you want to be cut off:
– arm
– leg
– none of the above

Here it is possible to stop both options and keep the Status Quo.