[governance] Coordinator election in progress

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

This is why I have been requesting a NOTA, None of the Above, option.

That is a vote.

As I read the charter one has to participate in the voting event.  One should not be forced to pick a candidate they may not support.  We should probably even have the option of writing someone in.

Abstain, to my mind is also a vote.

It is not really appropriate that you have substituted your opinion, or that of Australia,  for a discussion and agreement among the members.   

avri



On 8 Jan 2013, at 23:45, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:

> On 09/01/13 12:37, parminder wrote:
>> 
>>  i think it needs to be explicitly mentioned on the ballot and otherwise on the list just before the elections that  participation in voting is required (even if excercising a no preference option) to be eligible to vote for charter amendments (but not for other purposes) - and thus for what can in a way be called as the full membership of IGC.... 
> 
> The charter doesn't say that exercising a no preference option is sufficient.  This is where Avri and I have a disagreement.  I come from a country with a compulsory preferential voting system, so being forced to vote doesn't seem so obnoxious to me.  According to the former Chief Justice of the High Court, even handing in a blank ballot paper is not allowed in Australia (though this is debatable).  In the context of the IGC, I feel it is better if everyone who wants to count themselves as a "full" member of the IGC expresses a preference.  This is one reason for amending the charter, to make the requirements clearer.
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