Re: Confusing instructions for voting

[Ghee Seng Teo <Ghee Teo Sun COM>]

Richard,

        Apology on behalf of the committee ;)
        
        Your guess is correct!
        
        Simply reply the ballot including the message. 
        To vote for you candiates, delete names from the candiates list until
        there is 11 names (or less ) left.
        
        Please do so today as this the fianl day to mail back your ballot.
        

Ghee Teo
        
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> Subject: Confusing instructions for voting
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> Parts of the instructions for voting seem to contradict each other,
> and I was not completely sure what to do.
>
>     Simply replying to this e-mail and choosing up to 11 candidates should
>     be enough to vote. This means that you should delete all other
>     candidates from your reply.
>
> "Simply replying" means I start with an empty message body and enter
> the response I want to send.  However, the words "delete all other
> candidates" seem to suggest I am starting from something that is not
> empty.
>
> This text, two lines later, also seems to assume that:
>
>     You will find a validation token in this mail. This token is used to
>     identify you (and only you). For this reason, this token should not be
>     modified nor deleted.
>
> The token was in your message, but this text seems to assume that the
> token got into my reply somehow.
>
> As a result of this, I am not sure what I am supposed to do.
> I made the guess that you want me to copy the ballot message
> into my response and edit it.
>
> I think it would be useful to make this explicit in the instructions.
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Thanks,

Ghee Teo