Re: Preliminary Results - GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Elections 2017
Michael Catanzaro <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 8:51 PM, Richard Stallman <[email protected]> wrote: > > This year we had 225 registered voters, 110 of which sent in valid > > ballots. > > I am not surprised that so few voted. Can anyone think of a way > to encourage more candidates? For comparison, last year we had 253 registered voters and 142 valid ballots. So turnout has only declined from 56% to 49%, which is not that big a change. The bigger change is that the electorate has shrunk by 11% in one year. In 2015 we had 273 registered voters and 149 valid ballots, so 55% participation. If anyone wants to investigate further back, you can check the June archives on [1]. Michael [1] https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/