I hereby second Harlan's option. Thanks a lot for taking the word for writing it down and presenting the rationale! Harlan Lieberman-Berg dijo [Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 11:43:20PM -0500]: > On 3/1/22 23:13, Harlan Lieberman-Berg wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > 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> > > > Resending with not-clearsigned signature this time. > > --
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