Hi Sam, The entire ballot would be invalid. It was rather strongly argued that people should have a way of invalidating their ballot if they want to, and this remains the way to do it. -- Tapani Tarvainen On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 01:20:24PM -0400, Sam Lanfranco ([log in to unmask]) wrote: > Tapani, > Just for clarification: > > Do you mean that the ballot is spoiled and not counted at all, or > do you mean that only the NOTA vote is "invalid" and the rest of the ballot > counts? > > Sam > > On 8/24/2016 1:07 PM, Tapani Tarvainen wrote: > >On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 12:59:15PM -0400, Sam Lanfranco ([log in to unmask]) wrote: > > > >>I agree that this is how it is now supposed to work, but what happens if > >>someone votes for all candidates, and NOTA? > >In that case the vote is invalid. > > > >Technically it would apparently be possible to notify the voter of > >this situation and ask him or her to vote again. We discussed this but > >didn't decide if that should be done, as time ran out. > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------ > "It is a disgrace to be rich and honoured > in an unjust state" -Confucius > 邦有道,贫且贱焉,耻也。邦无道,富且贵焉,耻也 > ------------------------------------------------ > Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus & Senior Scholar) > Econ, York U., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3 > email: [log in to unmask] Skype: slanfranco > blog: http://samlanfranco.blogspot.com > Phone: +1 613-476-0429 cell: +1 416-816-2852