[ALAC] [ALAC-Announce] VOTE RESULTS: ALAC Voting Delegates to the NomCom for 2013/Delegados del ALAC votantes ante el NomCom 2013

[Dev Anand Teelucksingh]

Dear All,

I have read the explanation of the 2012 Nomcom vote results and I
realise this unique situation has never happened before.

Rule 10 of our ALAC RoP
(https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Rules+of+Procedure)
covers the election of ALAC officers which is done by Instant Runoff
Voting which was how the Nomcom vote was being conducted (allbeit with
only 2 candidates).

Here are the key sections from Rule 10 ( https://community.icann.org/x/rLbbAQ ):

10.4 Instant-runoff voting (IRV) will be used as the voting system to
determine the winner. (ref - Wikipedia -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting )
10.5 Voters rank ALL candidates in order of preference.

10.6 If no candidate receives an overall majority of first preferences
the candidates with fewest votes are eliminated one by one, and their
votes transferred according to their second and third preferences (and
so on), until one candidate achieves a majority.

10.10 If two or more candidates receive the same, highest number of
preferences, a runoff election is to be conducted.

10.10.1 The Chair will select a new date and time for the runoff
election, at least 7 (seven) days  after the  previous vote has
concluded. in  this vote, only the candidates that received the same,
highest number of preferences will be eligible. The Chair will then
immediately send a new “election summary” message according to rule
9.4, and the procedure will then restart from rule 9.5

As per Rule 10.6 and the Wikipedia reference to preference voting (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting#Process),
preferential voting works when there are 3 or more candidates. With
two candidates, both having equal number of first preference votes,
there is no candidate with the fewest first preference votes to
eliminate and to distribute their votes according to their 2nd
preference as per Rule 10.6

Unfortunately, the online system allowed ALAC members to select one
preference in contravention of Rule 10.5 which states that ALL
candidates must be ranked.

Had ALAC members fulfilled their obligations by ranking all candidates
and indicating their second preference, then the results would also be
the same as the first preference as there were only two candidates.


Thus, as per rule 10.10, since two or more candidates have receive the
same, highest number of preferences, the ALAC should conduct a runoff
election.


Kind Regards,

Dev Anand Teelucksingh
Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society





On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 6:19 PM, ICANN At-Large Staff
<staff at atlarge.icann.org> wrote:
> Españoles a continuación.
>
> Dear All,
>
> In the ALAC vote to appoint At-Large Delegates to the 2013 NomCom, the results for the Delegate from the Latin American and Caribbean Islands Region are:
>
> For the first preference candidate:
> •    6 votes were cast for Jacqueline Morris
> •    6 votes were cast for Vanda Scartezini
> •    There was one abstention.
>
> For the second preference candidate:
> •    1 vote was cast for Jacqueline Morris
> •    3 votes were cast for Vanda Scartezini
>
> As such, for the first preference candidate, an exact tie occurred and no immediate preferential candidate was selected.  For the secondary preference candidate, Vanda Scartezini is declared the winner given that she received a higher number of votes.
>
> Vanda Scartezini is appointed to the position of ALAC Voting Delegate to the NomCom for 2013 from the Latin American and Caribbean Islands Region.
>
> Regards,
>
> Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie Peregrine
> ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
> E-mail: staff at atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org>
>
> ----
>
> Estimados todos,
>
> En el voto del ALAC para nombrar a los delegados de At-Large al NomCom 2013, los resultados para el Delegado de Latin- América y el Caribe son:
>
> Para el candidato de primera preferencia:
>
> •    6 votos para Jacqueline Morris
> •    6 votos para Vanda Scartezini
> •    Una abstención.
>
> Para el candidato de segunda preferencia:
>
> •    1 voto fue dado para Jacqueline Morris
> •    3 votos fueron dado por Vanda Scartezini
>
> Por ello, para el candidato para la primera preferencia, un empate ha ocurrido y no candidato preferencial inmediato fue elegido. Para el candidato de segunda preferencia, Vanda Scartezini es declarada ganadora dado que recibió el mayor numero de votos.
>
> Vanda Scartezini es nombrada para la posición de Delegada del ALAC al NomCom para 2013 por la región de Latin América y el Caribe.
>
> Saludos,
>
> Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, and Nathalie Peregrine
> ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
> E-mail: staff at atlarge.icann.org<https://owa.icann.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=bae4382542ca489294ee2fc9c14ad9f8&URL=mailto%3astaff%40atlarge.icann.org>
>
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