On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 11:03:50AM +0100, matthew shears ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

> Are you saying that not ticking a box is registered somewhere as a vote of
> ambivalence or opposition?  If that is the case how is that measured against
> the ticks?  If not then what is the point when you only have one candidate
> for a slot?

The rules we follow are same regardless of the number of candidates:
count how many votes each candidate gets, then those who get most
votes are elected, until the number of available slots are filled.

In case the number of candidates matches the number of slots is a
degenerate case, as all will be elected anyway, but the votes are
counted and counts published and thus will work as a symbolic
expression of support or lack thereof.

You don't need to vote if you don't think that matters.

As I already replied to Tatiana, I think dropping elections when the
seats are uncontested in this sense would not be a good idea and
certainly not acceptable by our charter.

-- 
Tapani Tarvainen