*Important* NCSG 2016 Annual Elections - voting has started

[William Drake]

Hi T

> On Aug 22, 2016, at 16:27, Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> By way of comparison, the NCUC ballots always have an [] Abstain
>> option for each slot, which in an uncontested election means a
>> candidate obviously can come up short.
> 
> That works for NCUC elections where the slots are distinct
> and candidates are explicitly running for a specific slot.
> 
> It would not work for NCSG council election where there normally
> are multiple candidates running for a common pool of slots.

Right, I wasn’t saying there should be an abstain option for slots when there are no slots, I was saying that by way of comparison the NCUC ballot allows one a way to meaningfully express focused non-support.  Right now, under your interpretation of NOTA

>> On Aug 22, 2016, at 15:58, Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:
>> 
>> If you want to vote for any candidates for council you cannot
>> simultaneously vote for NOTA. If you do, your ballot will be
>> considered invalid.
 
So if not ticking the box simply means the vote’s not counted, one literally cannot vote against one without voting against all.  This just doesn’t sound right, does it?  Ergo Avri’s alternative,

> On Aug 22, 2016, at 16:59, avri doria <avri at apc.org> wrote:
> 
> The easiest decision is that the NOTA, despite what wikipedia may say,
> functions as it always did in NCSG Council elections:  as as a candidate
> marker and any candidate who does worse than NOTA does not get elected.

Bill
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