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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello all,</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The ballots and reminders for the 2026 election have been sent.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Reminder, you only received a ballot if you checked in using the link that
was sent out previously.</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Check-in ended on Monday, 25 May 2026.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Voting will end on Wednesday, 03 June 2026, 23:59 UTC.</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you confirmed that you did check-in and do not receive a ballot,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>please email only me directly.</b></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please make sure to visit the election wiki to review the candidate’s statements:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQDwOg__;!!PtGJab4!4iyf2Ve33KEudXxNpTmyEV5TLyvxWFR-Uo4Z9wzc7M0VFy_G6pwDVz2_OoNB26ZenTkQCG3x6D9QQNNlisoZerPuvuEER9Lm_Us5e8FwhiYK$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQDwOg__;!!PtGJab4!4iyf2Ve33KEudXxNpTmyEV5TLyvxWFR-Uo4Z9wzc7M0VFy_G6pwDVz2_OoNB26ZenTkQCG3x6D9QQNNlisoZerPuvuEER9Lm_Us5e8FwhiYK$">https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQDwOg<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none"> </span></span>[icann-community.atlassian.net]</a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As a reminder, the NCSG election is for NCSG chair which has 1 candidate and for NCSG councilor which has 5 candidates for 3 representative slots.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Voters will need to select 3 council candidates and 1 NCSG Chair candidate. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For the NCSG Chair, the candidate with the most votes will be elected.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For the GNSO Council, the top 3 candidates with the most votes will be elected with consideration as state below regarding region.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The NCSG Charter states that there should be no more than 2 GNSO Councilors from any one region. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks!</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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