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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The voting for the 2026 elections will begin on<span class="apple-converted-space"> Wednesday, 27 May 2026, 00:00 UTC</span>. Ballots will be sent to all members who completed check-in.
The ballots will come from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:noreplay@eballot.com" title="mailto:noreplay@eballot.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">noreply@eballot.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Please
make sure to allowlist/whitelist this email address.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Voting will end on Wednesday, 03 June 2026, 23:59 UTC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you confirmed that you did check-in and do not receive a ballot, please email only me directly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please make sure to visit the election wiki to review the candidate’s statements:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/bgDTOw"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/bgDTOw</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Important Remarks: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">1. For all positions, please select 1 candidate only; if you select more than 1 your vote won’t be counted<br>
2. You can change your vote until the deadline on, 23:59 UTC. Only the last selection will be counted.<br>
3. You can vote for all Executive Committee positions regardless of what region you are in.<br>
4. If you don't select any choice for a seat, the vote for that seat will be counted as zero.<br>
5. You will receive several reminders during the election with the same link to your ballot.<br>
6. The candidate with the most votes wins. If the abstention count is greater than any candidate for a seat, the seat will remain vacant.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Andrea Glandon</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Policy Operations Sr. Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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