Did you know not performing as you think another player should in a group

[Reynhart]

And if you were to not count the initiator and the individual up to be kicked, then kicks could be avoided altogether by pairing up with a friend.

Yes, so ? You'll pair with a friend and troll the other two people ? For what ? Last time I checked, if you tag for an instance and just good around, you'll waste both your and your friend's time.
And if you can't kick everyone on a whim, maybe, just maybe, people will actually try to behave a little better if they don't want to waste their own time.

[missybee]

And if you can't kick everyone on a whim, maybe, just maybe, people will actually try to behave a little better if they don't want to waste their own time.

Who is going around kicking people on a whim?

Have you been subject to so many vote kicks that you see it as something rampantly abused?

There are going to be people who will occasionally get kicked unfairly, and that sucks. For the most part, however, the system is passable. Most people don't abuse it, and when it isn't abused, it is fair enough.

[HyoMinPark]

Yes, so ? You'll pair with a friend and troll the other two people ? For what ? Last time I checked, if you tag for an instance and just good around, you'll waste both your and your friend's time.
And if you can't kick everyone on a whim, maybe, just maybe, people will actually try to behave a little better if they don't want to waste their own time.

You're missing my point. If SE were to stop counting the votes of the kicker and the kickee, the only way to have a successful Vote Dismiss would be a unanimous decision between the 2 other members of a 4-man party (4 for an 8-man party, something "easier" [for lack of a better word] to obtain in a Full Party), thereby increasing the chances of stalemates and rendering the Vote Dismiss system in 4-mans basically useless. They can't have it one way for 4-mans and another way for 8-mans, hence 2/3 and 4/7 = majority rules in a Vote Dismiss.

The system is working as intended in its current design.