Bter and Btc38 holds a lot of them; so that removes a lot of votes. I personally am reluctant to withdraw from Bter due to the stupid 1% fee. I put BTC in without bonus and bought BTSX, and suddenly I have to pay a tax.
Agreed. We should confirm with exchanges that they will be on the 'accept majority' side. But how do we trust them?
It actually does not matter much... Aside from the general principal that
you do not keep your shares at a centralized exchange (aside from for trading purposes), anyone highly interested in voting for/against any decision will move it out of the exchange anyway.
So, if you do care how your stake votes, move it out of the exchange and vote yourself.
In general, I highly favor reducing the requirements for passing/rejecting suggestions (forks in this case) over time.
What I mean is the OP suggest 51% turnout (I call it quorum, but anyways)... you require at least 51% of eligible voters to have cast a vote 'for' or 'against' or 'abstained' , for the decision to be final. (In addition to the required percent, 75% in this case, to vote for that particular outcome)
I simply suggest - if this 51% turnout is not reached after, say 2 or 3 weeks, the turnout requirement is reduced by 10% (or 20% or 25%) each of the following weeks.