[EC-NCSG] QUICK: Ballot question

[Tapani Tarvainen]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 09:16:01AM -0700, Robin Gross (robin at ipjustice.org) wrote:

> NOTA has not defeated any candidate yet, but every candidate is
> running against NOTA. This has been the clear meaning for several
> years and was why we started to include NOTA on the ballots years
> ago.

Absent a formal decision somewhere I don't find that persuasive.

If the intent was that, unlike in any normal election I can think of,
there should be a way to cast negative votes rather than just abstain
from voting candidates you don't like, there should be an explicit
rule, formally decided, to that effect. Not just recollections of
oldtimers of how it was meant to be.

For the next election let's make an explicit, properly decided
procedure. But now, I still don't see a good enough reason to
issue new ballots, and I don't see anybody agreeing with you
that it should be done, either.

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Tapani Tarvainen