[council] GNSO Council Email ballot

[Glen de Saint Géry]

Dear All,

Thank you Heather for the question, and thank you Amr for your explanation.


Indeed you may vote several times if you wish until the vote officially closes. It is the last ballot that is counted and all  previous ballots from the same person will be marked (duplicate; not counted). In addition, there is no chance of gaming the system because only one ballot per voter ID is counted.



I hope this helps.

Thank you.

Kind regards,



Glen



From: Amr Elsadr [mailto:aelsadr at egyptig.org]
Sent: lundi 8 août 2016 15:08
To: Heather Forrest <Heather.Forrest at acu.edu.au>
Cc: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>; GNSO Council List (council at gnso.icann.org) <council at gnso.icann.org>
Subject: Re: [council] GNSO Council Email ballot

Hi Heather,

Not sure I have an answer to this, but I do have an opinion. As long as the deadline hasn't come and gone, I don't see a reason why this shouldn't be possible.

>From a technical perspective, following your query, I followed the link to the vote in the email ballot after I had already submitted my votes, and I got the option to vote again. I didn't proceed to do so, but imagine you could. If you do, I suspect you'd receive a second confirmation of your vote via email.

This is all true when using the email ballots to cast votes for elections within the NCSG.

Thanks.

Amr

On Aug 8, 2016, at 6:36 AM, Heather Forrest <Heather.Forrest at acu.edu.au<mailto:Heather.Forrest at acu.edu.au>> wrote:

Dear Glen,

I received my ballot and have a quick question. If I vote and submit my ballot and then subsequently need to change my vote before the closing deadline, can I do so? I don't think it's an issue but I ask just in case.

Many, many thanks,

Heather
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Sent: Friday, August 5, 2016 6:46:10 PM
To: GNSO Council List (council at gnso.icann.org<mailto:council at gnso.icann.org>)
Subject: [council] GNSO Council Email ballot

Dear Councillors,

The GNSO Council email ballot on two motions (see:https://community.icann.org/x/DQObAw)
before the Council will be launched shortly.


The vote opens at 00:00 UTC on Saturday, 6 August and closes at 23:59 UTC on Tuesday 9 August 2016.


Please make sure that you receive your ballot, from tally at icann.org<mailto:tally at icann.org>, and if you do not please let me know immediately glen at icann.org<mailto:glen at icann.org>
Please remember that if you are off email, you can cast your vote by voice, but please provide me with a telephone number before 6 August.
There are two motions that require your vote.
Please be sure to mark only one response for each motion,:
*        in favour,
*        not in favour,
*       abstain

Please also note the following applicable procedures:
*       The Operating Procedures do not permit absentee voting for either motion. Under Section 4.5 of the GNSO Operating Procedures, an abstention counts as a vote "not in favour". The ballot includes a text box for you to state your reason(s) if you wish, should you decide to abstain from voting on either motion.

*       The voting threshold required for both motions to pass successfully is a simple majority of the Council.

*       In accordance with the rules for a vote outside a Council meeting, this ballot will be an open vote (i.e. not secret) and we will record and publish the outcomes as required by the GNSO Operating Procedures.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Kind regards,

Glen

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat


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