Voting Procedures - Election for the Names Council

Basic Outline of the Voting Process for the Regional Election

11 September 2000

1. A ballot is prepared.

   A ballot starts with line "BEGIN" and ends with line "END__".

   It is like this:

    BEGIN:b01:KabcdZ:FirstName_LastName:email@address.somewhere:Please-reply
    Name:
    I am authorised to vote on behalf of : (Registry)
    Regional Election, vote for ASIA-AUSTRALIA-PACIFIC region
      [ ] I vote for NAME OF CANDIDATE A
      [ ] I vote for NAME OF CANDIDATE B
      [ ] I vote for NAME OF CANDIDATE C
    as a GLOBAL candidate for ASIA-AUSTRALIA-PACIFIC region
      [ ] I do not want to vote for any candidate
    END__:b01:KabcdZ:FirstName_LastName:email@address.somewhere:Please-reply
   

2. Ballot is assigned a number, here "b01" in lines BEGIN and END__ -- ballot number 01.
3. Ballot is personalized. BEGIN and END__ lines indicate who is voting.
4. The third field, here between "b01" and "FirstName_LastName", indicates a personalized code given for this ballot to this person. A personalized code is 6 characters, starting with "K", ending with "Z", here "KabcdZ". With your personalized code your vote will remain secret and you will be able to check on the website if it were correctly recorded.
5. Write your name in the line below BEGIN.
6. Put an "X" between square brackets [ ] if you give your vote to any candidate or if you do not want to vote. Your reply shall include the whole ballot, BEGIN and END__
7. Name of region will be filled in automatically for each voter.
8. You cast one vote, no more.
9. You shall reply from the official IANA email address, which has been copied on this ballot in lines BEGIN and END__.
10. A ballot will arrive from: "cctld-ballot@songbird.com" -- please reply without CC to any list.
11. You will receive an acknowledge of your ballot within 48 hours.
12. Time for the Regional Election vote (7 days)

    o        Begins: Monday 2 October 2000 12:00 UTC
    o        Ends: Sunday 8 October 2000 12:00 UTC
    

13. Voting Registries for combined and separated regions are stored at http://../rolls/.