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Hi Tapani,
In the absence of something in the charter, can you clarify what the situation is with regards to NOTA votes if NOTA places above a natural person in the final vote what is the situation?
-James
On 22/08/2016, 10:54, "NCSG-Discuss on behalf of Tapani Tarvainen" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 09:44:10AM +0000, James Gannon ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
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>> Just on process where does the NOTA candidate come from with regards
>> to our charter, as it seems that the inclusion of a NOTA candidate
>> is not referenced anywhere.
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>While NotA is not explicitly mentioned in the charter, it has been
>discussed in the past and an explicit NotA choice has been felt
>to be useful. I'm only following precedent here.
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>> Also we have a serious election process flaw in that with the manner
>> in which NOTA is given is makes it impossible for us not to elect a
>> full slate of candidates if the number of candidates matches the
>> number of positions, which makes this essentially an acclimation.
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>How so? You can select any number of candidates, up to three.
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>Arguably NotA is redundant in that the practical effect is
>the same as not selecting any candidates, but in the past
>it has been considered better to have it as an explicit choice.
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>--
>Tapani Tarvainen
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