[council] GNSO Council Email ballot

Mon Aug 8 16:55:05 UTC 2016

Hi all,

I hope we are not considering this practice of changing votes for 
council meetings as well. ;-)

Imagine the chaos!

Best,

Volker

Am 08.08.2016 um 18:47 schrieb 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
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>     *From:*owner-council at gnso.icann.org
>     <mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org><owner-council at gnso.icann.org
>     <mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org>> on behalf of Glen de Saint
>     Géry <Glen at icann.org <mailto:Glen at icann.org>>
>     *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 at00:00 UTC on Saturday, 6 August and closes at
>     23:59 UTC on Tuesday 9 August 2016.
>
>
>     Please make sure that you receive your ballot, fromtally at icann.org
>     <mailto:tally at icann.org>, and if you do not please let me know
>     immediatelyglen 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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