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2. The commissioner emails a security code to your email address as listed in the Artisans Asylum records | 2. The commissioner emails a security code to your email address as listed in the Artisans Asylum records | ||
3. Reply to the commissioner's email with your vote (Normally your security code will automatically be part of your reply - if not for some reason, the commissioner will follow up with you.) | 3. Reply to the commissioner's email with your vote (Normally your security code will automatically be part of your reply - if not for some reason, the commissioner will follow up with you.) You are allowed to write in candidates and to rank as many people as you want. | ||
If for whatever reason you can't use your email address on file, write to [Mailto:election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com] and explain the situation. We'll figure something out. | If for whatever reason you can't use your email address on file, write to [Mailto:election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com] and explain the situation. We'll figure something out. | ||
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== How votes are counted == | == How votes are counted == | ||
Each candidate has a bin and | Votes are confidential and only seen by the Election Commissioner. | ||
Each candidate has a bin and the first step is to deal out the ballots according to their #1 choice. The candidate with the lowest number of votes is eliminated and the ballots in that bin are redistributed according to their #2 choice. The process repeats using successive choices until there number of remaining candidates equals the number of open seats. | |||
We are guided by Cambridge municipal elections which started using Ranked Choice voting in 1939. The details of the procedure are at https://www.cambridgema.gov/departments/electioncommission/cambridgemunicipalelections | We are guided by Cambridge municipal elections which started using Ranked Choice voting in 1939. The details of the procedure are at https://www.cambridgema.gov/departments/electioncommission/cambridgemunicipalelections | ||
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Ask the commissioner: [Mailto:election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com] | Ask the commissioner: [Mailto:election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com] | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:56, 22 November 2024
Voting period
- Start: midnight the morning of Sunday November 24
- End: midnight the night of Saturday November 30
Eligibility
People who have been members since May 24, 2024 (not including day passes)
Procedure
1. Email election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com saying that you want to vote
2. The commissioner emails a security code to your email address as listed in the Artisans Asylum records
3. Reply to the commissioner's email with your vote (Normally your security code will automatically be part of your reply - if not for some reason, the commissioner will follow up with you.) You are allowed to write in candidates and to rank as many people as you want.
If for whatever reason you can't use your email address on file, write to election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com and explain the situation. We'll figure something out.
Example
From: pace.willisson@gmail.com To: election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com I would like to vote. -Pace
From: election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com To: pace.willisson@gmail.com Your security code is 0slVDfpg Please reply to this message with your vote. -Election Commissioner
From: pace.willisson@gmail.com To: election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com For Board of Directors, my vote is: 1 Rosalind Franklin 2 Neil Armstrong 3 Ada Lovelace 4 Leonhard Euler For Member Liason to the Board of Directors, my vote is 1 Alan Turing -Pace Quoted message: >>From: election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com >>To: pace.willisson@gmail.com >>Your security code is 0slVDfpg >>Please reply to this message with your vote. >>-Election Commissioner
How votes are counted
Votes are confidential and only seen by the Election Commissioner.
Each candidate has a bin and the first step is to deal out the ballots according to their #1 choice. The candidate with the lowest number of votes is eliminated and the ballots in that bin are redistributed according to their #2 choice. The process repeats using successive choices until there number of remaining candidates equals the number of open seats.
We are guided by Cambridge municipal elections which started using Ranked Choice voting in 1939. The details of the procedure are at https://www.cambridgema.gov/departments/electioncommission/cambridgemunicipalelections
Questions?
Ask the commissioner: election-commissioner@artisansasylum.com
