# Proposal: Activate Abstain Feature

**URL:** <https://gov.bancor.network/t/proposal-activate-abstain-feature/3230>\
**Category:** DAO Archive (SUBMITTED)\
**Created:** [December 9, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://gov.bancor.network/t/proposal-activate-abstain-feature/3230 "2021-12-09T17:52:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![tfns](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.bancor.network/tfns/32/465_2.png) [@tfns](https://gov.bancor.network/u/tfns)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://gov.bancor.network/t/proposal-activate-abstain-feature/3230/1 "2021-12-09T17:52:13Z")

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# Proposal to Activate Abstain feature on Snapshot

## TLDR

- Snapshot recently added an Abstain feature, which was discussed in a [thread](https://gov.bancor.network/t/snapshot-feedback/2897) on our governance forum.
- Choosing to ABSTAIN means that the voting power shall count towards quorum but bear no weight on the FOR and AGAINST options.
- The Abstain feature is a highly requested one. Voters that don’t want to choose a FOR or AGAINST option but still want to contribute to quorum can now do so.

## Abstract

The Abstain feature was discussed extensively at [Snapshot Feedback](https://gov.bancor.network/t/snapshot-feedback/2897).

Here is an example of how FOR and AGAINST percentages, as well as Quorum, are calculated:

> FOR: Number of votes casted  
> FOR Percentage: (FOR / FOR + AGAINST)  
> AGAINST: Number of votes casted  
> AGAINST Percentage: (AGAINST / FOR + AGAINST)
> 
> ABSTAIN: Number of votes casted  
> ABSTAIN Percentage: ABSTAIN / (FOR + AGAINST + ABSTAIN)
> 
> QUORUM: (FOR + AGAINST + ABSTAIN) / TOTAL STAKED vBNT
> 
> Note that neither FOR nor AGAINST option is taking into account the ABSTAIN option. We as a DAO can use these to know whether a vote has supermajority requirements (66.7% or greater).

With real numbers, this would look like the following:

> 10,000,000 TOTAL STAKED vBNT (for voting)  
> 2,000,000 FOR votes (80%)  
> 500,000 AGAINST (20%)  
> 4,000,000 ABSTAIN (61%)  
> (2,000,000+500,000+4,000,000) / (10,000,000) = 65% QUORUM

A dummy proposal was created on the Bancor snapshot to test the Abstain feature and can be found [here](https://snapshot.org/#/bancornetwork.eth/proposal/0x2a060cca5341d2c8fe1e4a8883a338a243c707f82bae926f768aba1d98cc6386).

FOR  
Activate Abstain feature.

AGAINST  
Don’t activate the feature.

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**Author:** ![sylentz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.bancor.network/sylentz/32/147_2.png) [@sylentz](https://gov.bancor.network/u/sylentz)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://gov.bancor.network/t/proposal-activate-abstain-feature/3230/2 "2021-12-09T18:28:50Z")

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Let’s get this implemented ASAP. Will def need to determine Active Votes for the v3 Implementation.

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**Author:** ![glenn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.bancor.network/glenn/32/1720_2.png) [@glenn](https://gov.bancor.network/u/glenn)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://gov.bancor.network/t/proposal-activate-abstain-feature/3230/3 "2021-12-13T09:02:15Z")

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Has my support and something that has been requested for a while now.