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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dear Carlton,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">In accordance with LACRALO rules, (article 13) Staff prepares and publishes the names of each ALS and reps with its correspondent weighted vote. See the updated table for 2024 :</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=333971574" title="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=333971574"><span style="color:#467886">https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=333971574</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The tool used for votes is Tally. See 2023 results example :</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://tally.icann.org/cgi/results?e=be9dd5eafc3" title="https://tally.icann.org/cgi/results?e=be9dd5eafc3"><span style="color:#467886">https://tally.icann.org/cgi/results?e=be9dd5eafc3</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please note that this is the same voting system used in recent years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Rest assured the votes are weighted according to the rules.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">"Carlton com>" <carlton.samuels@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 3:57 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>LAC-Discuss-en <lac-discuss-en@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] LACRALO Vote Processing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Dear Staff:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">There is a notion in circulation that the voting platform now used to record LACRALO votes cannot report which member received the [weighted] vote of an elector. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">We should err on the side of clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">On principle, every member is entitled to audit not only their vote but all others cast. Auditability itself remains an essential feature of the process so as to ensure mistakes are caught
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">In the recent past and when I was recipient of the credentials for the UWI ALS, the receipt from the voting event not only acknowledged the vote but the disposition of that vote. The results
reported always displayed the vote, weight of the vote and to whom the vote was accorded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Can you offer any clarity on the prevailing conditions?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Carlton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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