Perhaps we could ask from the members what the concerns are with
electronic voting that make them prefer proxies. These should be
addressed (where possible) to make e-voting more attractive to them.
While last-minute deciders may desire to keep e-voting open for a while
longer than onsite paper ballots (possibly to ensure that they place
their money on a horse that's still in the race), I don't think the
Mauritius Companies Act allows that at the moment. My (possibly
inaccurate) interpretation is that our electronic votes fall within the
provision for "postal votes" which are to be tallied at the meeting and
annexed to the minutes of the meeting. I believe the maximum that can be
allowed is to do the paper ballots earlier in the day and tally the
electronic votes a few hours after (but before the close of the meeting).
Dewole.
On 14/11/2016 08:48, Alan Barrett wrote:
On 14 Nov 2016, at 11:33, Saul Stein <[email protected]> wrote:
Personally i would like to focus on removing the need to have proxies in the
first place.
We need to be able to easily vote for elections, resolutions and policy online.
Open the voting a week before and keep it open x days after to enable people
who are away to catchup and vote.
This would resolve the need for people to carry proxies and thus the
possibility to sway results
I agree that electronic voting removes the need for proxies. I think it would
be good if everybody voted electronically, and nobody asked for a paper ballot
or a proxy. Unfortunately, I think that we are legally required to allow
voting via proxy.
We already encourage electronic voting, we open electronic voting some time
before the meeting, and we try to make electronic voting easy.
I don’t understand how we could keep electronic voting open for a few days
after the meeting. How could we count the votes and announce the result if
voting is still open?
Alan Barrett
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