Glen in the only person who has access to the votes, and I would challenge anyone to even consider the possibility of her compromising the integrity of the ballots and the election in general. I personally don’t see this as a topic worth discussing.



-James



From: NCSG-Discuss <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Ayden Férdeline <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>

Reply-To: Ayden Férdeline <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>

Date: Wednesday 24 August 2016 at 21:23

To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>

Subject: Re: *Important* NCSG 2016 Annual Elections - Voting rules



Hi Ron,



Sorry for the confusion, but I do not have any kind of deep mistrust for ICANN staff and did not intend for my remarks to be interpreted in that manner.



Scepticism of the process is okay, however as I said in an email to this list yesterday, I consent to the legitimacy of the electoral process, I am willing to bear the costs of electoral participation, and I am fully prepared to use this to communicate my pleasure or displeasure with the candidate(s) that are presented before me.



Best wishes,



Ayden





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Subject: Re: *Important* NCSG 2016 Annual Elections - Voting rules

Local Time: August 24, 2016 9:00 PM

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On Wed, 24 Aug 2016, Ayden Férdeline wrote:



> Yes, I agree there should be a mechanism in place that allows voters to spoil their ballot paper, should they wish to do so. The number of spoiled ballots should be recorded.



I would consider it improper for anyone, be they ICANN staff or a member of our community, to contact a voter about the contents of their ballot paper and to insinuate that they may have voted in an improper manner. If indeed it is possible to determine the number of 'invalid' ballot papers before the election is over, and who has cast a vote in such a manner, I am surprised this is the case.



- Ayden



hi Ayden,



yes, with the mistrust that the NGSC has had for ICANN staff, it seems that

trusting the election to a staff-run system would be considered non-optimum.



i would prefer that an independent outside voting organization that would

keep the partial results of elections in progress secret from members and

ICANN staff and only report the final results.



while this is possible in the bylaws, our organization has no independent

funds to contract for this outside work. but this option should be on

the table with the later discussion of voting procedures.



-ron