[council] Motion for absentee voting

Philip Sheppard philip.sheppard at aim.be
Thu Mar 20 10:02:12 UTC 2008


A second please for this motion.
Philip
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Whereas
Council members are from time to time disenfranchised from voting by the current ICANN
by-laws,
Council requests the Board to adopt the following change to the bylaws drafted by the ICANN
general council's office to permit absentee voting in certain specific circumstances.

Add to:ICANN Bylaws ARTICLE X: Section 3. 8

c. Absentee voting.  Members that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on whether
to initiate a PDP, forward a policy recommendation to the Board, or fill a position open for
election may vote by absentee ballot.  The GNSO Secretariat will provide reasonable means
for transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by
telephone, e-mail, or web-based interface. Absentee ballots must be submitted within 72
hours after the start of the meeting in which a vote is initiated, except that in
exceptional circumstances announced at the time of the vote the Chair may reduce this time
to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 days.

 
Philip Sheppard




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