<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I'm uncomfortable with any "rule" that dampens speech, be it capricious or not. The more enthusiasm, the more participation, the better as far as I'm concerned.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Ed<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 22 Nov 2016, at 11:51, Nadira Alaraj <<a href="mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com">nadira.araj@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr">Dear Avri,<br>
At ISOC voting system, the vote right keeps changing until the last minute but the campaigning close the day before the ballots are distributed.<br>
It is important to have members visible during the year but I agree that in all organisations members become vocal during the election period.<br>
Best wishes,<br>
Nadira </p>
<p dir="ltr">On 22 Nov 2016 12:05, "avri doria" <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org">avri@acm.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> I think one of the things that contributes to the habit of continuous<br>
> campaigning is that one can change their vote right up until the last<br>
> minute by voting again. I think this is a good thing and do not mind<br>
> the continuous campaigning. It is the only time some of our members<br>
> become visible.<br>
><br>
> avri<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 21-Nov-16 11:30, matthew shears wrote:<br>
> > I agree with the suggestion by Nadira - and should as Tapani says be<br>
> > given serious consideration by the new EC.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On 21/11/2016 15:59, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:<br>
> >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 03:43:43PM +0200, Nadira Alaraj<br>
> >> (<a href="mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com">nadira.araj@gmail.com</a>) wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >>> Usually and in any voting process, the support or self promotion of<br>
> >>> candidates stops before the distribution of the ballots.<br>
> >> That is not by any means universal. In particular when voting is<br>
> >> conducted by mail or otherwise takes a long time, notably also during<br>
> >> postal or other advance voting in most elections I know of,<br>
> >> campaigning keeps going on all the way until voting stops.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Whether or not that is a good thing is another question, and we might<br>
> >> well decide that campaigning should stop after voting starts in NCUC<br>
> >> elections. But so far we haven't had such a rule and it is obviously<br>
> >> too late to make one for this election.<br>
> >><br>
> >> But good that you brought it up, the new EC would be well advised<br>
> >> to consider it and make the rules clear before next election.<br>
> >><br>
> ><br>
><br>
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