Hi again Klaus,

Please refer to the email I just sent in response to an email you sent earlier today, but also:

> On Aug 22, 2016, at 9:36 PM, Klaus Stoll <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> One simple question: Have you ever seen an election where the ballot lets you vote against a candidate? You can abstain, spoil the ballot paper, but you can not have a situation where if there are more abstentions and spoiled ballot votes, then there are actually votes for a candidate, you have to vote again.  At least that is how I understand democracy and voting so far.

I would argue that experience and precedents with regards to NCSG elections count more than what any one of us understands democracy and voting to be in a different context. For example, has your experience in the practice of democracy often led you to uncontested elections, where there are the exact number of nominees as there are seats to be filled? That is the case here, and it has been before. Sadly, it will likely be the case again in the future. This must require some innovation in how we choose our representatives, no? And as long as no charter requirements are being broken…,

Thanks.

Amr