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I am relieved to hear this Evan!<br>
Stephanie Perrin<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 15-05-20 3:55 AM, Evan Leibovitch
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif">Hi Leah.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif">Just a note, to you and all other ALS
representatives: These votes are held by secret ballot. You
need not broadcast your intentions unless you explicitly wish
to do so.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif">In addition to the "VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT" emails
which go to the entire mailing list, every ALS representative
should by now have personally received two separate emails
with the subject "VOTE CREDENTIALS" -- one for the Secretariat
and one for the ALAC representative.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif">(Individual non-ALS members should have
received similar but slightly different ballots.)</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif">Each of these "credentials" emails contains a
link that is private to you, that enables you to vote using a
web service called "BigPulse". Upon voting you will receive a
coded receipt that can be used in case of challenge or
irregularity. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif">Results are tabulated automatically by BigPulse
and relayed to ICANN staff at the close of the election
period.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
ms,sans-serif">ICANN staff could if they wanted extract
information on who voted which way, but that would only be
required in case of a challenge and this has not yet IIRC been
required in the history of ALAC. What is more often done is
that ICANN staff typically query BigPulse halfway through a
voting period, in order to send reminders to those who have
not yet voted.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet
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