Hi,

First the latest ballot will be counted.  So if you want to vote again do so.  Only that ballot will be counted

Second, the votes you cast will be counted.  If you vote for 2, only two will be counted.

Voting for "none of the above" is explicit and is counted.  Not voting is implicit and not counted.

avri

On 12 Oct 2011, at 15:13, Ron Wickersham wrote:

> with regard to the choices on the ballot and how votes will be counted:
> 
> i just happened to be at my machine when the ballots arrived so voted
> within minutes of receiving the two ballots, but understood that i could
> re-vote before the voting period ends.
> 
> the choices on the ballot include boxes for the individual candidate's names plus a box for none of the above.
> 
> i guess it's clear if you decline to support any candidates that none of
> the above is appropriate.  the instructions of course state to vote for
> four choices.  but it is not clear if one is choosing to vote for less
> than four if one should also check the none of the above box.  at the
> time the ballot was sent not all the candidates had posted responses to
> the questions posted to the list.   so i voted for two candidates at that
> time and also checked the box for none of the above.
> 
> i'm wondering how the vote counting will handle this.   would my vote
> as now cast be rejected and the two candidates i checked be ignored since
> the none of the above box is also checked, or is the vote for none of the
> above considered a -1 vote for the candidates i did not select?
> 
> or will there even be an accounting at all for those who check the none
> of the above box?  if the none of the above box being checked has exactly
> the same result as sending in a ballot with zero boxes checked, then why
> would there even be a separate box for none of the above?
> 
> does anyone reading the list know how the votes are actually counted?
> 
> -ron