Vowel Ballot

see Voting History for list of Ballots

The vowel ballot was a referendum by the Democratic Conlang Facebook group to determine the vowel system that the demlang will have. The vowel ballot was introduced on April 30, 2017 and concluded with the announcement of the winning vowel system on May 8, 2017.

Proposals
There were 22 proposals submitted for the vowel ballot:
 * Simple
 * Finnish-inspired
 * Flex-5
 * Italian-Latin flavored
 * 7 vowel locations
 * 3(6) vowels
 * Wack/y/ system
 * ASAP (as simple as possible)
 * Strange Texture
 * Horizontal Vowel System
 * No Vowels
 * 6(12) Vowel Creaky-Voice System
 * 3(6) with tones and diphthongs
 * 7 vowels with long variants
 * Forgotten Features
 * 4(8) vowels
 * 3 Short & 3 Long
 * Base 5
 * Musical
 * Perfect Diamond
 * LarynXXL (Estonian-inspired)
 * Schwa

First Round
The first round of voting occurred on May 6th, where approval voting on three Facebook polls determined the top two proposals, which were 3 Short & 3 Long (with 14 votes) and 7 vowel locations (with 13 votes).
 * 3 short and 3 long - 14 votes
 * 7 vowel locations - 13 votes
 * Italian-flavoured - 10 votes
 * Perfect Diamond - 10 votes
 * No vowels - 10 votes
 * 3(6) vowels - 10 votes
 * Horizotal vowel system - 9 votes
 * ASAP - 7 votes
 * Flex 5 - 7 votes
 * Base 5 - 7 votes
 * Schwa - 7 votes
 * Forgotten feautures - 7 votes
 * Simple - 6 votes
 * 4(8) vowels - 6 votes
 * 7 vowels with long variants - 6 votes
 * Finnish-inspired - 5 votes
 * Musical - 5 votes
 * 6(12) vowel creaky - 4 votes
 * Wack/y/ system - 3 votes
 * Strange texture - 3 votes
 * LarynXXL - 2 votes
 * 3(6) with tones and diphthongs - 1 vote

Second Round
The two finalists entered a second round of voting on May 7th, where 3 Short & 3 Long won 38-20.