Hi, On 10/4/2016 10:44 PM, Boubakar Barry wrote: > In many countries, and not only in Africa, people buy votes and/or vote > differently than instructed. > > By limiting the number of proxies one can carry, we won't eliminate this > risk, but we would at least reduce it.
I would argue that the members should be old and clever enough to decide individually whether and how they want to reduce this risk. > I don't understand the logic whereby somebody trusts a third party more > than him/herself? What is the electronic voting facility for? I have an example. Suppose member A has voted electronically just before the AGMM started, suppose member B has given a proxy without very specific instructions to someone attending in-person. If at the AGMM some truly significant developments come to light, like unacceptable behaviour of sitting board members comes to light, who are also candidates in the election, to be re-elected, and that is significant enough to prompt a short board meeting on stage during the meeting, and then these board members resign (presumably for a reason) from the board, but still remain candidates in the election, then member A might regret how he/she/it voted earlier and member B's vote can still be changed (if desired) in response to these developments. I don't think that this is a very unlikely corner-case. And I consider it the case where electronic voting gives a disadvantage. > Yes, I know some will say everybody should be given the right to vote > the way he/she wants (paper ballot paper onsite, electronic voting or > proxy). No problem with that. > > But let's limit the risks by limiting the number of proxies one eligible > voter can carry. There were good reasons for putting the limit. To me it seems like the decision is between these two things: - avoiding to get someone on the board the same way Mark Elkins did - treating AfriNIC (resource) members like children who can't take care when assigning proxies Sorry to put it bluntly. Greetings, Frank _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
