To clarify, if you vote for (say) two candidates plus the
none-of-the-above option, that "none" vote does not take your votes away
from the two you voted for, correct?  It just gets treated as a kind of
additional candidate itself, by the system?

So, in what circumstances could the "none" vote make a difference?  If
"none" came in first, would no candidate get through, or would it not
really matter other than a symbolic protest vote?

Personally I ignored the "none" option, but in retrospect I don't really
understand how (or even if) it would play into the actual decision to
choose representatives.

Thanks,
Dan



On Wed, October 12, 2011 12:30 pm, Avri Doria wrote:
> 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
>