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

[Joan Kerr]

Hi Everyone,

I agree that the people who have already voted should not be contacted.

Joan

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 4:11 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <
ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> >
>
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