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Dan Krimm <[log in to unmask]>
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Dan Krimm <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:15:10 -0700
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Have not weighed-in here except signing on to the appeal (and now I have 
cast my ballot).

Let me just say this:

  (1) EC made its decision: we will continue the current election under 
the process given by the EC announcement: NotA is counted as a 
"candidate" and can beat out other candidates to prevent them from winning.

  (2) The logic of NotA in a multi-seat race is clearly potentially 
problematic in principle.  However my guess is that this will not in 
fact come into play this election.  (NotA typically does not receive a 
lot of votes in our past experience, and it is not likely that any of 
the three candidates will be prevented from taking office by NotA this 
time around.)

  (3) I would support formal procedures to correct the logic problems 
with NotA moving forward, and I hope we can get this fixed very quickly 
so it doesn't get forgotten.  Having NotA for each candidate in 
multi-seat races makes good sense to me, though a few other options 
could work as well.  But my instinct is to go for the most minimal 
change in procedure compared to status quo that is sufficient to make 
the logic work without unintended outcomes.  NotA for each candidate in 
multi-seat races seems the most similar option, to me.

Do we need to discuss much more here?  Let's try to simplify.  :-)

Dan

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