[EC-NCSG] Open issue: all candidates+nota

[Tapani Tarvainen]

Dear all,

After sleeping over it and seeing the comments on the list,
I find myself in agreement with Monika and suggest we'll
drop the idea of contacting voters in this case.

You will recall that yesterday we told Glen to hold it
until further instructions, so unless we decide we want
her to send such notices and tell her so it will not happen.

Tapani

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 08:15:22PM +0300, Tapani Tarvainen (ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info) wrote:

> This case was left open in the call.
> 
> I recall Monika arguing for simply invalidating such a ballot,
> indeed explicitly having it as a way to invalidate one's ballot
> if someone wants to.
> 
> Glen offered notifying such voters so they could vote again
> in case it was a mistake.
> 
> I rather tend to agree with Monika, but could easily be
> persuaded either way. If we want to have Glen do that
> we'd have to decide how many times and how close to the
> deadline it'd be done - how persistent someone would
> have to be to have their ballot invalidated.
> 
> Maybe just one note and if that's ignored, then assume
> it was deliberate. We could instruct Glen to phrase
> the note in such a way that it makes this clear.
> 
> Tapani
> 
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 12:59:15PM -0400, Sam Lanfranco (lanfran at YORKU.CA) wrote:
> 
> > I agree that this is how it is now supposed to work, but what happens if
> > someone votes for all candidates, and NOTA?
> 
> In that case the vote is invalid.
> 
> Technically it would apparently be possible to notify the voter of
> this situation and ask him or her to vote again. We discussed this but
> didn't decide if that should be done, as time ran out.
> 
> -- 
> Tapani Tarvainen
> 
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