[arin-discuss] ARIN Consultation: Changing the Voter Eligibility for ARIN Member Organizations

[Dennis Fazio]

On Jan 21, 2013, at 12:21 PM, Mark Bayliss <mark at visuallink.com<mailto:mark at visuallink.com>> wrote:

I think you make some good points. But I think that by adding  "a none of the candidates" and not an abstention vote. You would be giving all that vote more power and control over the election process. Currently DMR does not have a say as to who is on the ballet. And this can lead to either people not voting or people voting the lesser of two evils. This is not just a fault of ARIN but most elections in general since the voters are not involved in the candidate section process.

I don't think a "none of the above" would accomplish much and just clutter up or confuse the ballot. Those who are engaged and have candidates to put forward, including themselves, have opportunity to do so. The more engaged and participatory you are in an organization, the more influence you have.

Those who look on ARIN as a utility service (which is probably the other 85%-90%) are depending upon the current engaged participants to be adequate in number to assure a balanced slate of capable candidates. There would be no purpose to a "none of the above" vote for those folks.

So, it seems the only people who might vote "none of the above" would be those familiar enough with the slate of presented candidates to know that they are wanting. Anyone in that position should already care enough to participate and get good people nominated. If they choose not to do so, then they shouldn't get the opportunity to say "none of the above."

Power and control over the election process comes from participating and influencing, not by spoiling. The handful of people who might actually vote "none of the above" will not be adequate to change any future election.

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Dennis Fazio
TIES, Director of Technical Services

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