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<p>Hi all</p>
<p>Strongly support Nadira's idea to clear voting procedures within NCUC above all on members communication in Election day and around!!!</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>De :</b> Ncuc-discuss <ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org> de la part de Ayden Férdeline <icann@ferdeline.com><br>
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<b>À :</b> Seun Ojedeji<br>
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<b>Objet :</b> Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] [Important] NCUC Bylaws Final Version</font>
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<div>Thank you for raising this, Nadira. I agree this is a topic which we need to give serious deliberation to once this election cycle has ended.
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In many countries, the promotion of a candidate or party (or attacking a candidate or party) on election day is a criminal offence. Of course, the stakes are slightly lower in this election, because we are not selecting our rulers, but instead the decision-makers
who will be tasked with keeping the gears of the NCUC turning. And, we have a voting window, rather than a single day where everyone casts their ballot. Nonetheless I have seen behaviour on this list which, in my view, could be seen to influence how some cast
their votes. I’m not making a judgement call here as to whether this is positive or negative; though I think that is a debate we need to have once this election is over.
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An election is a game, and winning in any game hinges to a large extent on the rules of that game and how those rules are interpreted. We cannot make sense of this election without considering who has (and who does not have) the right to vote, who has (and
who does not have) the right to be on our electoral register, the weighing of each vote cast by a person or entity, and how people express their preferences among the candidates. Our election should not be symbolic. There should not be a predetermined outcome.
And there should not be any uncontested seats with but one candidate (I am very pleased that there is a plurality of candidates for many of the seats).<br>
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TLDR: +1 to Nadira.<br>
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<div>Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] [Important] NCUC Bylaws Final Version<br>
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<div>From: seun.ojedeji@gmail.com<br>
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<div>To: Matthew Shears <mshears@cdt.org><br>
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<p dir="ltr">I also think it's good to have such clear guidelines but to the extent that it doesn't in any way serve as a way of penalising any of the candidates or voters.<br>
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<div>Cheers!<br>
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<div>Sent from my LG G4<br>
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<div>On 21 Nov 2016 6:31 p.m., "matthew shears" <<a href="mailto:mshears@cdt.org">mshears@cdt.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>I agree with the suggestion by Nadira - and should as Tapani says be given serious consideration by the new EC.<br>
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<div>On 21/11/2016 15:59, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:<br>
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<div>On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 03:43:43PM +0200, Nadira Alaraj (<a href="mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com">nadira.araj@gmail.com</a>) wrote:<br>
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<div>Usually and in any voting process, the support or self promotion of<br>
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<div>That is not by any means universal. In particular when voting is<br>
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<div>conducted by mail or otherwise takes a long time, notably also during<br>
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<div>postal or other advance voting in most elections I know of,<br>
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<div>campaigning keeps going on all the way until voting stops.<br>
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<div>Whether or not that is a good thing is another question, and we might<br>
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<div>well decide that campaigning should stop after voting starts in NCUC<br>
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<div>elections. But so far we haven't had such a rule and it is obviously<br>
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<div>too late to make one for this election.<br>
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<div>But good that you brought it up, the new EC would be well advised<br>
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<div>to consider it and make the rules clear before next election.<br>
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