Re: GNOME Foundation elections!

[Joe Shaw <joe helixcode com>]

> I think the main security we'll have is a manual cross-check of the
> vote mails vs. the membership list, and members looking at their own
> mail in the archives to be sure it's the same as what they sent.
> We'll post the vote-count script here, so anyone can run it and verify
> results and the script's correctness. This is what I mean by public
> ballot simplifying everything, it really makes it easier to be sure
> nothing funny is going on...

Instead of having to check the archives, the list should send a
confirmation email back to the email address that it claimed to come from,
and if the vote was spoofed, that person can say so and have the vote
retracted.

Joe