<p dir="ltr">Hello Avri,</p>
<p dir="ltr">FWIW, if the goal of this thread is to give the NCSG some publicity, I will say yes, the goal has been achieved ;-). Otherwise the following seem to be clear with the current ballot:</p>
<p dir="ltr">1. If you don't want the Chair to be elected, you can select "non of the above" option.</p>
<p dir="ltr">2. If you don't want any of the three councillors, you can select "none of the above" (which is a good thing as it signifies a definite response)</p>
<p dir="ltr">3. If you want just two of the three candidates then you can still just select the two leaving the person you don't want unselected. (ref: from the instructions: Select *at most three* of the following candidates...)</p>
<p dir="ltr">I have no idea why some here feel it's not possible to vote against a candidate using the current ballot structure. There will however be a valid case if someone can confirm that he/she selected less than three(for the counselors section) and could not submit the ballot.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sent from my LG G4<br>
Kindly excuse brevity and typos</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 Aug 2016 20:13, "avri doria" <<a href="mailto:avri@apc.org">avri@apc.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Yes, i think the matter of elections is important enough to do that if a<br>
new ballot is not issued that clarifies the situation in such a way that<br>
allows people to vote against any candidate they wish to vote against.<br>
The old style NOTA worked, but if that is not clear enough after 5 years<br>
of doing it, then come up with something that is clear.<br>
<br>
We are not voting on a slate. We are voting for individual candidates<br>
and people may have reasons for not voting for a particular candidate.<br>
<br>
If you cannot see your way clear to understanding NOTA as it has been<br>
used in NCSG in the past, then give us the option to vote against each<br>
candidate on a line by line basis.<br>
<br>
Voting should not be merely symbolic. It is unfortunate we don't have<br>
enough qualified people willing to run so we have a real choice. We<br>
should, however, still have some choice.<br>
<br>
<br>
avri<br>
<br>
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On 22-Aug-16 13:04, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:<br>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 12:59:11PM -0400, avri doria (<a href="mailto:avri@apc.org">avri@apc.org</a>) wrote:<br>
><br>
>> We are also free to challenge any decision the EC makes with 15 member<br>
>> signatures.<br>
> Yes. And override the EC with a vote, with 60% threshold.<br>
><br>
> If you think this merits that, you can certainly do so.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Tapani Tarvainen<br>
><br>
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