[governance] Coordinator election in progress

[Sivasubramanian M]

I agree. None of the above / abstain needs to be included as one of the
options, and this needs to count as a vote.
On Jan 9, 2013 6:34 PM, "Avri Doria" <avri at acm.org> wrote:

> 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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