[members-discuss] Request to amend the RIPE NCC Articles of Association

On Tue, 24 Jun 2014, Nick Hilliard wrote:

> On 24/06/2014 11:01, Nigel Titley wrote:
>> We would like to hear more feedback from the membership on these voting
>> issues. Do members think there is a case for removing the option to vote
>> with paper ballot and by proxy?
>
> As it's expired from my mailbox, Ulf's original email is here:
>
>> http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2014-May/001476.html
>
> e-voting is demonstrably faster and more efficient than paper ballots, but
> it's not possible to guarantee voter anonymity.  The bottom line is that if
> you log into an online evoting system, you need to trust that the system
> will not associate your authentication token with your ballot.  All we can
> do is say that the RIPE NCC trusts BigPulse, and also expects it's
> membership to do so.
>
> Regarding counting, there are several software packages which can assist
> with counting.  I've used OpenSTV and it works quite nicely.  I assume that
> as there are both e-votes and paper votes, that BigPulse's system also
> assists with this and that therefore the problem that Ulf identified maybe
> isn't as big as he perceives it to be.
>
> No doubt BigPulse are a reputable company, but on principal I have problems
> with e-voting relating to privacy and verifiable trust.  On balance, I'm
> not convinced that Ulf's suggestion fixes more problems than it creates,
> and consequently I do not support it.
>
> Nick

Well said Nick. One may think that paper ballots are low tech and old 
fashioned but I still see a point concerning anonymity.

As far as I remember from what Fergal sais, all the paper ballots are 
converted to e-votes anyway.

Regards,

Daniel

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