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I propose the following ballot option for the current GR: Rationale ======== While I agree that there are some votes which, due to their nature, may be so controversial that the potential for a person's votes to be publicly revealed may cause them to change their vote (or opt out of the election), even among divisive GRs, few rise to that level of controversy: the RMS GR and the systemd GR being two recent examples which have provoked ire. There is something which fundamentally distinguishes the kind of voting that Debian does from that of a private institution or group, where minutes and votes are typically kept out of public view: Debian serves a larger community than the members of the institution. In that sense, we are more similar to a public body than a private membership. Our Social Contract makes this distinction clear: when it says that we will not hide problems, it immediately emphasizes that the bug database will be open for public view at all times. Taking the step to make a particular vote secret should require us to stop and carefully weigh the costs to the larger community. I hope this option better strikes the balance between the aspirations of public visibility and the occasional, pragmatic need for secrecy. Ballot Option ========== The changes are available at: https://salsa.debian.org/hlieberman/webwml/-/commit/82729d07aba7dd7ac641f7e4a87178f34b23efca A diff follows (the word diff is very confusing, so I've omitted it): diff --git a/english/devel/constitution.wml b/english/devel/constitution.wml index 41cb9dfbd80..7924992d3a7 100644 - --- a/english/devel/constitution.wml +++ b/english/devel/constitution.wml @@ -226,12 +226,15 @@ earlier can overrule everyone listed later.</cite></p> <li> <p> - - Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes, tallies, and - - results are not revealed during the voting period; after the - - vote the Project Secretary lists all the votes cast. The voting - - period is 2 weeks, but may be varied by up to 1 week by the - - Project Leader. + Votes, tallies, and results are not revealed during the voting period. + After the vote, the Project Secretary lists all the votes cast, unless + either one of the following is true: </p> + <ol> + <li><p>The vote is for a leadership election as defined in §5.2.</p></li> + <li><p>At least 4K Developers have sponsored any single ballot option + which says the votes will be kept secret.</p></li> + </ol> </li> <li> - -- Harlan Lieberman-Berg ~hlieberman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQKTBAEBCgB9FiEELyAgabIlUqb16FUfGikbTg3OS1cFAmIe7pJfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDJG MjAyMDY5QjIyNTUyQTZGNUU4NTUxRjFBMjkxQjRFMERDRTRCNTcACgkQGikbTg3O S1d5zQ/9F9rMHgeOnEyXWkZ1gIAabwjzY5IedPkoEGECaGz9uiYA446J/Q+jH5V6 blDNcTmy3VL8YxrPJ1NKhwYpF7SCL0QxUnCXiFtp5UFYzCiDWqWGHM4UbqPMZxox 8Z3/oDu7W5N8aa9GHSsL0f6aHtxBHxIS/CnA+wtOIGuGEpHQRxGhqQ0P17pbPkDn bOMbPC9x2Sve2bwzZ4hlvCySRGVorwKNWsvjZ7LWCc5k6a1ZLBYFQK065J6l17NN 6+rEBZ8yJ6UHnQ9wH1Y7loM8B4Z35qgf6MwXyeqMYHSRSrmfAc2uIp/EL4FStig2 4wWiNEyN6QuWkR75Tr3ZSNC+2NF3ptRmM+gc2nBWhz6Zx+yVm5JmvRHkGQfsTrRD 0NtVTflHIOHGsFHYj16IHmC1Xvu/9OHvf4bQumahIG88Rz58Zgsi965FaDTRn5di FtAxKoxsqzvKAe0OJkUHOnSVnv3w95UNg0uco5tgbUmDYISlFYNTHav0gL1EQBR2 GeNYNlJP6zlFEu6uxZuXlfv3BLNvQ4Yc2miE9Rv14bKEd1QizPVUGpX5YR8a89Ph QF2tSdy62MFqRrV9VKmheEnNb2uNsttFJci6ZBjci32zP6mMMFEgUuvgfl2CaMbG MUBi7dtjYkoL3IQuj+OsF5VKZLq2ERJhIDf8mogzetUWNT8aQVo= =5e/l -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
