odd choice in referendum mechanisms, to me.
Misleading in that it funds nothing.

It is a bit convoluted but it is really the only way we have to poll while securely accounting for stake in the same manner that would apply for hard forks.

Why isn't witness vote decay on the agenda?
Or, witness downvotes?
Or, upping the downvote pool to 35%?
Or, dropping the voting penalty to 10 steem from 20?

All reasonable items to poll!