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I was not at the elections and will never know the full details of
what was deemed objectionable. For me what Mark has described is
direct and blind lobbying to any one who is a potential voter. This
is perfectly normal unless otherwise expressly forbidden in the
election rules. The onus is on the person canvassed to respond
positively or not. I am not sure that we can do away with the issue
of unsolicited approaches whether electronic or physical whose
response is always mixed. In the end the community has to decide
what works best (election code), the sooner the better otherwise we
will end up fighting against the creativity which our technology is
promoting and largely uses contact addresses.<br>
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We must avoid the tendency to be reactive as a few issues have taken
us by surprise, firstly the proxy issue in Egypt now the electronic
lobbying. We need to strengthen our sytems and be more proactive as
our democracy evolves.<br>
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GS<br>
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On 21/05/2012 04:38 PM, Mark Elkins wrote:
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<pre wrap="">We could look at just Electronic Voting - nothing else.
The 'polls' could be opened once the candidate is open (a few weeks
before the election) and then close them as part of the Election Day
process.
The ceremony would be "OK - Voting has closed...." and then having the
Key Trustees going up, inserting their USB Keys with their part of the
unlocking code, and Voilà, Results appear on the screen. For those at
the meeting with voting rights who don't have a Laptop (is there anyone
like that any more), they could access the voting system from the
terminal room.
The problem in some people's minds is how people are petitioned in order
to get them to vote in one's favour. Years ago as a child, I can
remember working for my Dad, who wanted to be a local councilperson. We
went from door to door posting paper flyers and if people where home,
chatting to them. He was successful.
Apparently - this might be illegal in AfriNIC circles?
I pulled off addresses from my own peering page, that is - I collected
the addresses myself in 'one on one' contacts with people over time -
and now I can't use them to make contact for election purposes???
On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 08:25 -0400, McTim wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Jean Robert Hountomey
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<pre wrap="">I don't believe limiting number of proxies per individual will change
anything. I'm of the opinion we limit voting per zones i.e. If we are
electing board members from North, then we let Afrinic members from
North select who they want to represent them. Lets eliminate such
situations where West Africans are represented by a member whose
majority of his/her votes comes from South.
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I understand your point but I do believe that a candidate can receive
support from anybody in the continent.
My understanding of the current election/voting process is that proxies are
needed because of the physical presence requirement.
E-voting will allow members who cannot be present at the meeting to vote.
E-voting will then solve the proxy issue and there will be
no need for proxies anymore.
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exactly.. so we implement e-voting AND eliminate proxy voting in the by-laws!!
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<pre wrap="">In case AfriNIC choose to use the two voting systems (e-voting and physical)
members present at the meeting will vote and those non present will use
e-voting. There will be no need for proxies in this case too.
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fine by me!!
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