[NCUC-DISCUSS] [Important] NCUC Bylaws Final Version

[Seun Ojedeji]

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.

Cheers!
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On 21 Nov 2016 6:31 p.m., "matthew shears" <mshears at cdt.org> wrote:

> I agree with the suggestion by Nadira - and should as Tapani says be given
> serious consideration by the new EC.
>
>
> On 21/11/2016 15:59, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 03:43:43PM +0200, Nadira Alaraj (
>> nadira.araj at gmail.com) wrote:
>>
>> Usually and in any voting process, the support or self promotion of
>>> candidates stops before the distribution of the ballots.
>>>
>> That is not by any means universal. In particular when voting is
>> conducted by mail or otherwise takes a long time, notably also during
>> postal or other advance voting in most elections I know of,
>> campaigning keeps going on all the way until voting stops.
>>
>> Whether or not that is a good thing is another question, and we might
>> well decide that campaigning should stop after voting starts in NCUC
>> elections. But so far we haven't had such a rule and it is obviously
>> too late to make one for this election.
>>
>> But good that you brought it up, the new EC would be well advised
>> to consider it and make the rules clear before next election.
>>
>>
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