Subj : 2023 FTSC Standing Member Election - Preliminary Results
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Wed Mar 22 2023 11:29 pm

Hello Michiel!

20 Mar 23 12:45, you wrote to me:

 MV> I object.

 MV> During my watch there was a precedent. Bj”rn Felten, RC20, once
 MV> requested that his vote be changed. I rejected the request, a vote
 MV> cast is a vote cast. After some debate, my ruling was accepted by
 MV> those concerned. I see that you intended to follow the precedent. That
 MV> should have been the end of it.

 MV> The International Coordinator has a role in the election as primus
 MV> inter pares of the ZCC when the ZCC decides to establish a nominating
 MV> committee as documented in FTA-1001.007 paragraph 3.2. And that is it.
 MV> Beyond that the IC is just a sysop as any other sysop in Fidonet when
 MV> the FTSC holds an election.

 MV> In casu: the IC does not have the authority to overrule a decision
 MV> made by the election coordinator.

 MV> I therefore insist that the ICs intervention is ignored and that it is
 MV> the first vote and only the first vote of RC33 that counts.

 MV> Michiel van der Vlist, RC28.

I have received your challenge to the preliminary results.  In reviewing 
historical precedent, I find that your position is indeed correct.  In 
previous elections, the first ballot cast by any voter was counted, and 
revisions were not allowed.

Therefore, I sustain your objection and the results will be updated to reflect 
only the first vote received from RC33.

Regards,

Andrew
FTSC Election Coordinator

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