On Mon, 2020-08-17 at 07:45 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Tristan Miller [08-17-20 07:28]:

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Greetings.

On 17/08/2020 04.22, Ish Sookun wrote:

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Details about the election are published here https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

I note that there is no explicit option on the ballot for "None of the above", though it does seem to be possible to cast a ballot with none of the names selected. Will such ballots be counted and reported as such?

In the present case, two individuals opting for one position, what possible use is a null vote or the statistics of one?

Indeed, that's a great question. I find the suggestion for a null vote rather peculiar. As the position can't be left vacant, any vote for "None of the above" is probably best interpreted as casting a vote for "Someone else". (Alternative interpretations like "objecting for the sake of objecting" would be a little too cynical even for me.) But no other people have volunteered to do the work. So isn't a blank vote as practical and as meaningful as voting for unicorns or wishing for a free ticket on the first spaceship to Andromeda? If anyone doesn't wish either of these candidates to serve on the Board, I think a more productive use of their energies would be to ask themselves what they could have done to give the community a choice they would have voted for. - Rich -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org

Greetings. On 17/08/2020 13.45, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Tristan Miller [08-17-20 07:28]:

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Greetings.

On 17/08/2020 04.22, Ish Sookun wrote:

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Details about the election are published here https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Board_election. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

I note that there is no explicit option on the ballot for "None of the above", though it does seem to be possible to cast a ballot with none of the names selected. Will such ballots be counted and reported as such?

In the present case, two individuals opting for one position, what possible use is a null vote or the statistics of one?

Speaking generally, a "none of the above" vote (in cases where this is an option) sends a message that the voter has an interest in the composition of the Board but does not believe that any of the candidates are suitable. Where no "none of the above" option exists, spoiling the ballot or leaving it blank may be the next-best thing, though that sometimes leaves open the interpretation that the voter made a mistake when voting. (I don't believe it's the case here, since the system we use conspicuously warns voters that they are casting a blank ballot.) Simply not voting is the most ambiguous option, since that could be interpreted as the voter not knowing or caring about the election. Regards, Tristan -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tristan Miller Free Software developer, ferret herder, logologist https://logological.org/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org

Hi Tristan, On 17/08/2020 15:28, Tristan Miller wrote:

I note that there is no explicit option on the ballot for "None of the above", though it does seem to be possible to cast a ballot with none of the names selected. Will such ballots be counted and reported as such?

We will publish the number of blank votes recorded. Regards, Ish Sookun -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org