Avri,

Okay I think I am starting to understand where you are coming from;
basically you are saying that not providing NOTA option to individual
counselor on the ballot (because that of chair is clear) may not give the
avenue to factually review numbers of yes against number of no for each
candidates. So if there are total of 100 votes weight casted and their are
more NOTA for a candidate then such person will not be elected.

If the above is what you are referring to and if that is the usual
tradition(which I think you call "old school"). Then it makes sense and yes
the current ballot would not provide a definite data source to achieve
that. However one could also assume that whoever voted and selected two
counselors instead of three is technically implying a NOTA for the
particular candidate - Although one may argue that it's not always the case
since one could actually decide to abstain on a particular candidate.

Overall I think even though both "old school" and "new school" are not
clearly stated in the charter, the known devil should be maintained until
there is familiarity with and approval of the incoming angel ;-)

Regards

Sent from my LG G4
Kindly excuse brevity and typos

On 22 Aug 2016 23:08, "avri doria" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On 22-Aug-16 15:25, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
> > 3. If you want just two of the three candidates then you can still
> > just select the two leaving the person you don't want unselected.
> > (ref: from the instructions: Select *at most three* of the following
> > candidates...)
>
> this does not work.
>
> We do not require a quorum, so as long as every candidate gets at least
> one vote and as as long as there are only N candidates for N jobs,
> everyone gets elected. It take the choice out of the election to remove
> NOTA's function.
>
> The voted NOTA gives a demarcation which someone cannot fall below and
> still be elected.  That is why picking NOTA is on the ballot with the
> same weight as a single candidate. One intentionally needs to pick NOTA
> instead of one of the named candidates
>
> avri
>
>
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