Hello All, Evan is exactly right about how the electronic polls work. To reiterate: Since there are two candidates for the ALAC Representative (2015 AGM - 2017 AGM) position and two candidates for the NARALO Secretariat position, electronic polls need to be conducted. The links provided in the VOTE CREDENTIALS emails will direct you to the electronic polls, where you cast your vote privately. You do not need to reply the VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT email to voice your support for certain candidate(s) on the mailing list. The VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT email mainly serves to notify NARALO that the polls are now open. Electronic polls are different from the Consensus Call¹ conducted earlier for the NARALO Chair, NomCom Delegate, and ALAC Rep (2015 AGM 2016 AGM) positions. Since there is only one candidate for each aforementioned position, you may voice your opinion about the candidate(s) publicly via NA-discuss mailing list during the Consensus Call. To find the VOTE CREDENTIALS emails, you may search their subject lines: ALS representatives received these two emails: * VOTE CREDENTIALS: NARALO Election May 2015 ALAC Representative * VOTE CREDENTIALS: NARALO Election May 2015 Secretariat Unaffiliated members received these two emails: * VOTE CREDENTIALS: NARALO Election May 2015 ALAC Representative (unaffiliated) * VOTE CREDENTIALS: NARALO Election May 2015 Secretariat (unaffiliated) If you didn¹t receive the vote credentials emails, or have issues voting, please contact me (ariel.liang@icann.org) directly. Please note that the deadline for ALS representatives to cast their votes is 25 May 2015 23:59 UTC. The deadline for unaffiliated members is 24 May 2015 23:59 UTC. As we approach the deadlines, people who have not voted will receive reminders. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Best Regards, Ariel Xinyue (Ariel) Liang | Washington DC At-Large Policy Coordinator Direct +1 (202) 249-7552 Mobile +1 (310) 804-2761 Email ariel.liang@icann.org Facebook www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge <https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge> Twitter @ICANN_AtLarge <https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge> From: Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org> Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 3:55 AM To: Leah Symekher <leahs@isc.org> Cc: "na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org" <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT: NARALO Election May 2015 - Secretariat Hi Leah. Just a note, to you and all other ALS representatives: These votes are held by secret ballot. You need not broadcast your intentions unless you explicitly wish to do so. In addition to the "VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT" emails which go to the entire mailing list, every ALS representative should by now have personally received two separate emails with the subject "VOTE CREDENTIALS" -- one for the Secretariat and one for the ALAC representative. (Individual non-ALS members should have received similar but slightly different ballots.) Each of these "credentials" emails contains a link that is private to you, that enables you to vote using a web service called "BigPulse". Upon voting you will receive a coded receipt that can be used in case of challenge or irregularity. Results are tabulated automatically by BigPulse and relayed to ICANN staff at the close of the election period. ICANN staff could if they wanted extract information on who voted which way, but that would only be required in case of a challenge and this has not yet IIRC been required in the history of ALAC. What is more often done is that ICANN staff typically query BigPulse halfway through a voting period, in order to send reminders to those who have not yet voted. HTH. - Evan
