Dear Ron,

My apologies for poor wording, I should have said strong or stronly
expressed opinion rather than argument - I did not mean the logical
strength of the argument. Here's one quote of the discussion:

"I mean, in real life people have a right to INVALIDATE ballots
intentionally yes, they should be encouraged, but not forced"

The entire transcript should be available soon for those who
want to see it all.

Yes, it should be explained. I will write another, longer
and more thorough explanation of voting options, yesterday
I just wanted to get the decision out quickly.

-- 
Tapani Tarvainen

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 12:38:13PM -0700, Ron Wickersham ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Aug 2016, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
> 
> >Hi Sam,
> >
> >The entire ballot would be invalid.
> >
> >It was rather strongly argued that people should have a way
> >of invalidating their ballot if they want to, and this remains
> >the way to do it.
> >
> >-- 
> >Tapani Tarvainen
> 
> hi Tapani,
> 
> could it be shared with the membership the rather strong argument mentioned
> above?
> 
> should not this mechanism be explained in the voting instructions as well
> as the other voting options?
> 
> if one takes this option and invalidates the ballot, will this be recorded
> in the election results?
> 
> thanks for reaching a compromise, although i cannot agree with Milton's
> assertion that this satisfies everyone.
> 
> -ron