[HCoop-Discuss] ByLaws change vote - 40 voters total?

[Nathan Kennedy]

docelic wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I think 41 voters for the last poll which was very important
> (Bylaws change) was too small number.
>
> If you're reading this and did not vote, please take a moment
> to tell us why. (Answers like "I didn't care" are perfectly OK).
>
> Thanks,
> -doc
Just to be clear, there was more than a quorum voting, so the vote is 
binding, because a quorum is 20% (from section 403 of the bylaws), and 
there were 121 active members at the time voting ended.

Whether turnout should have been higher, or why it wasn't higher, is 
another question, and I would also be interested in any feedback.

I wonder if anyone was deterred from voting either because they looked 
at the results and thought their vote wouldn't matter, or did not want 
to appear on the record.  I have urged keeping the open ballot system 
due to insurmountable security issues with secret ballot voting over the 
internet, but I wonder if we should switch to a "half-open" system in 
the future whereby ballots are secret during the voting period and open 
after the election closes.  This would reduce the "tactical" voting and 
vote-switching pressures with our current system while retaining the 
after-the-fact auditability.  There would still be security concerns 
with keeping the ballots secret and secure during the election, but this 
is not quite as serious as maintaining permanent secrecy and avoiding 
election-rigging with a totally closed ballot system.

-ntk