<div><div dir="auto">So what's the verdict on this, EC? Shall we go with secret ballots? </div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 10:22 AM Maryam Bakoshi <<a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org">maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060">Hi Raoul, All,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060">In previous elections using the Open ballot system, a few members complained that they were able to work out how others voted from the breakdown of results.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060">Please see attached. For Open ballots the results show the email of the voter, while for the Secret ballot it only shows a unique ID, which is anonymous and cannot be traced.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060">I hope this helps.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060">Many thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060">Maryam Bakoshi</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060"> | SO/AC Collaboration Services Sr. Coordinator <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060">S</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060">: Maryam.bakoshi.icann | <b>T</b>: +44 7846 471777<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">NCSG-EC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec-bounces@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank">ncsg-ec-bounces@lists.ncsg.is</a>> on behalf of NCSG EC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank">ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" target="_blank">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, 3 August 2018 at 13:14<br>
<b>To: </b>Raoul Plommer <<a href="mailto:plommer@gmail.com" target="_blank">plommer@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>NCSG EC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank">ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Re: [NCSG-EC] Elections- secret ballots<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Maryam reminded me that there was a problem last year that people complained. If she can explain that would be good. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 3:53 AM Raoul Plommer <<a href="mailto:plommer@gmail.com" target="_blank">plommer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Exactly WHO are able to "work out how a person voted from emails" ...staff? I don't think other voters know that. Closed ballot could be good, as long as we can somehow verify that the votes were given to the right people. I don't really
have a problem with Maryam knowing who voted for who. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Raoul<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 2 August 2018 at 20:42, farzaneh badii via NCSG-EC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is" target="_blank">ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">there have have complaints in previous elections about people being able to work out how a person voted in an open ballot, so there is an option to do closed ballot. </span>Such that the details
are not available as to how an email address voted. Preferably we should do that.<u></u><u></u></p>
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