Hi Glenn, all, It was not normal protocol but indeed an error. Or actually several errors: First, ICANN voting software is... let's say error-prone. While there's no practical way to implement email voting without the system knowing who voted whom, it should not be easy for the person running the election to see that, and now it's so easy that it can happen by accident. It is a design feature that the ballots are shown with ballot IDs. That's not a problem as long as nobody else knows your ballot ID. The idea is that you can see your vote has been correctly counted even if you change your mind and vote again. But as it is, the IANN staffer running the election can see who voted how, and too easily: in this case it apparently happened by accident. And that is where the second error occurred now: the listing included emails and not just ballot IDs as it should have (and did in NCSG elections). The third error was sending the list to npoc-discuss (same error occurred in ncuc and ncsg). As for what should be done about it now: I don't see any benefit in redoing the election. The damage has been done, and if a new election would result in a different result it would only make things worse. In the future we'll have to take care this doesn't happen again. Maybe we should consider doing the elections differently, with some different software, but I can't see any way of avoiding the possibility that whoever runs it screws things up. So maybe just remind both whoever runs the election as well as the Chair to remember this and make sure this doesn't happen again is the best we can do. Tapani On Jun 04 17:22, Glenn McKnight via Npoc-discuss (npoc-discuss@icann.org) wrote:
Hi I don't know if the election reporting is a normal protocol for NPOC or its a simple error to reveal how everyone votes. Regardless we have a serious situation that needs to be addressed asap as it will clearly be escalated and ignoring it isn't a good option. A reelection seems logical but not sure if it would generate any change in the results. I assume we will see some statement in this discussion thread. G Glenn McKnight, MA Virtual School of Internet Governance Chief Information Officer www.virtualsig.org *YOUR SOURCE FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE EDUCATION * *Mobile 437-237-4655*