As I mentioned above, myself as a Governance WG Steward and author of AIP-200, in conjunction with WebSlinger, our DAO Administrators, with oversight from the Special Council made the decision to implement Basic Voting.
This decision was made over the course of the last week or so while reading all the feedback surrounding Abstain. There is no press release or documentation you can read surrounding this decision.
I encourage you to watch the snapshot space today at 6PM PT when the two AIPs go live for voting so that you can see in real time the effect of these changes. I think you will find they align with your expectations.
https://snapshot.org/#/apecoin.eth
-Amplify