[NCSG-EC] Urgent!! Ballot issues for the Election

[Raphaël Beauregard-Lacroix]

Fine with that as well. I get the point, and good that it was spotted!

Best,

On Mon, Jun 10, 2019, 11:18 Robin Gross via NCSG-EC <ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is>
wrote:

> Thanks, Stephanie.  I’m glad we are able to give members an opportunity to
> vote for or against each candidate, as it is the democratic thing to do.  I
> support your formulation of the ballot so that members can select for
> themselves on every candidate.  Thank you for fixing this error in the
> ballot.  And thanks to Juan for catching the error in time for us to fix it.
>
> Best,
> Robin
>
> On Jun 10, 2019, at 5:39 AM, Stephanie Perrin via NCSG-EC <
> ncsg-ec at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:
>
> Hi folks sorry, but we have an urgent situation to resolve.  As some may
> be aware, these are the rules from the Charter for the ballot for COuncil
> reps;
>
> 4.2!Voting!mechanism
> All!NCSG!votes!will!be!held!using
> an!online!voting!system!to!be!determined,!
>
> approved!and!supervised!by!the!NCSG%EC.!Membership!classification!for!voting!will!
>
> be!based!on!the!official!membership!list,!which!must!include!the!category!of!
> membership!and!must!be!verified!before!any!vote.
> 4.3!Election!for!NCSG!GNSO!Council!Representatives!(size,!number,!and!
> distribution!of!votes):
>
> In!the!discussion!below,!N!refers!to!the!number!of!seats!that!need!to!be!elected.!
>
> Optimally!N!will!equal!3!seats!in!years!with!normal!rotation.!Any!number!of!reasons!
> can!cause!this!number!to!vary.
> •
> NCSG!members!classified!as!“individuals”!will!be!given!N!votes!and!must!assign!
> 1!vote!to!each!of!N!candidates.
> •
> NCSG!members!classified!as!“small!organizations”!will!be!given!2N!votes!and!
> must!assign!exactly!2!votes!to!each!of!N!candidates.
> •
> NCSG!members!classified!as!“large!organizations”!will!be!given!4N!votes!and!
> must!assign!exactly!4!votes!to!each!of!N!candidates.
> 4.4!Election!of!NCSG!Chair!(size!and!number!of!votes):
> • NCSG!members!classified!as!“individuals”!will!be!given!1!vote.
> • NCSG!members!classified!as!“small!organizations”!will!be!given!2!votes.
> • NCSG!members!classified!as!“large!organizations”!will!be!given!4!votes.
> • Members!must!cast!all!their!votes!for!a!single!candidate.
> 4.5!Member!Voting!Eligibility:
>
> Any!NCSG!active!Member!who!has!been!an!active!member!for!at!least!thirty!(30)!
>
> days!before!the!date!of!the!election!is!eligible!to!nominate!candidates,!vote!in!NCSG!
> elections,!and!propose!amendments!to!the!NCSG!Charter.
>
>
> Apologies for the formatting problems.  Maryam is struggling with the
> ballot, and says it looks confusing.  I am going to propose that for each
> candidate, we offer yes/no/abstain.  Members should not be forced to vote
> for someone they don't like, by the language in 4.3 which says that they
> have to assign exactly one two or four votes to EACH of three candidates.
> In other workds, we have to offer abstain as an option.  Formerly we used
> "none of the above" but that does not make sense where we have choices ,it
> only makes sense where there is only one candidate running.
>
> So the ballot would look like this:
>
> *NCSG Chair (1-year term)*
>
> Please select 1 choice:
> [chair] Stephanie Perrin
> [chair] Abstain
>
> *GNSO Council*
>
> There are three vacant council positions.  Please select no more than
> three candidates; you may abstain from selecting a candidate if you wish,
> but you may only vote for three individuals.
>
> [council1] Ayden Férdeline
> [council1] Abstain
>
> [council2] Farell Folly
> [council2] Abstain
>
> [council3] Farzaneh Badii
> [council3] Abstain
>
> [council4] Tatiana Tropina
> [council4] Abstain
>
>
> Important Remarks:
> 1. For all positions, please select 1 candidate only; if you select more
> than 1 your vote won’t be counted.
> 2. You can change your vote until the deadline on 23 June 2019, 23:59 UTC.
> Only the last selection will be counted.
> 3. If you don't select any choice for a seat, the vote for that seat will
> be counted as zero.
> 4. You will receive several reminders during the election with the same
> link to your ballot.
>
>
> Please let me know if you find this clear, and if you agree with this
> proposed formulation.  We had quite a battle over ballots a couple of years
> ago, the resolution of which was that members must not be forced by the
> language of the Charter to vote for someone they do not wish to vote for.
> This means that there has to be options for abstention.  "none of the
> above" only works when a seat is uncontested, and is generally confusing,
> so I am suggesting abstain.
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