Someone asked me privately if the vote is secret.

The answer is yes: The vote is secret in the sense that who voted whom
will not be made public (or even known by anybody, unless the people
running the election at ICANN abuse the system).

Tapani Tarvainen

On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 12:18:34PM +0300, Tapani Tarvainen ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> Voting has started on NCSG annual elections.
> 
> If you checked in on time, you should have received or receive soon
> your individual ballot message from [log in to unmask] with subject
> 
> "Ballot ID and URL for Election: 'NCSG Chair/GNSO Councillors election 2016'"
> 
> If you don't see it, look at your spam folders first.
> 
> The message contains an URL directing you to your individual ballot
> (do not share it with anyone else).
> 
> Following it you'll get to the page where you can indicate who
> you want to vote for: first Chair, then Councillors.
> 
> Tick the ones you like and click "Submit ballot".
> 
> If you change your mind you can do so simply by voting again:
> only the last one will be counted.
> 
> Voting period ends on September 4 - make sure you vote before that.
> 
> If you have any questions about the process, please do not hesitate to
> ask.
> 
> -- 
> Tapani Tarvainen
> NCSG Chair