To clarify, if you vote for (say) two candidates plus the none-of-the-above option, that "none" vote does not take your votes away from the two you voted for, correct? It just gets treated as a kind of additional candidate itself, by the system? So, in what circumstances could the "none" vote make a difference? If "none" came in first, would no candidate get through, or would it not really matter other than a symbolic protest vote? Personally I ignored the "none" option, but in retrospect I don't really understand how (or even if) it would play into the actual decision to choose representatives. Thanks, Dan On Wed, October 12, 2011 12:30 pm, Avri Doria wrote: > Hi, > > First the latest ballot will be counted. So if you want to vote again do > so. Only that ballot will be counted > > Second, the votes you cast will be counted. If you vote for 2, only two > will be counted. > > Voting for "none of the above" is explicit and is counted. Not voting is > implicit and not counted. > > avri > > On 12 Oct 2011, at 15:13, Ron Wickersham wrote: > >> with regard to the choices on the ballot and how votes will be counted: >> >> i just happened to be at my machine when the ballots arrived so voted >> within minutes of receiving the two ballots, but understood that i could >> re-vote before the voting period ends. >> >> the choices on the ballot include boxes for the individual candidate's >> names plus a box for none of the above. >> >> i guess it's clear if you decline to support any candidates that none of >> the above is appropriate. the instructions of course state to vote for >> four choices. but it is not clear if one is choosing to vote for less >> than four if one should also check the none of the above box. at the >> time the ballot was sent not all the candidates had posted responses to >> the questions posted to the list. so i voted for two candidates at >> that >> time and also checked the box for none of the above. >> >> i'm wondering how the vote counting will handle this. would my vote >> as now cast be rejected and the two candidates i checked be ignored >> since >> the none of the above box is also checked, or is the vote for none of >> the >> above considered a -1 vote for the candidates i did not select? >> >> or will there even be an accounting at all for those who check the none >> of the above box? if the none of the above box being checked has >> exactly >> the same result as sending in a ballot with zero boxes checked, then why >> would there even be a separate box for none of the above? >> >> does anyone reading the list know how the votes are actually counted? >> >> -ron >