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<h1>GNOME Foundation Anonymous Voting Referendum</h1>
<p>
Any member of the GNOME Foundation can suggest a referendum. To be
accepted, a request for a referendum must be endorsed by 10% of the
Membership. The overall referendum process is overseen by the
Membership and Elections Committee, which can be reached at <a
href="mailto:elections@gnome.org">elections@gnome.org</a>.
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<p>
In September 2003, the board discussed a possible move toward an anonymous
voting scheme for the annual GNOME Foundation board of directors elections
and brought it to the members on <a
href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/">foundation-list@gnome.org</a>.
After much discussion, it was agreed that there was significant objection to
this so that the GNOME Foundation should hold a referendum to decide
whether future elections should use an anonymous voting mechanism.
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<p>
The results from the Anonymous Voting referendum are archived here for
public access.
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<h2>Anonymous Voting Referendum Materials:</h2>
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<li>
<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2004-October/msg00003.html">Referendum
results announcement</a>
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<li>
Archive of all votes:
<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/vote/2004-September/thread.html">September</a>
<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/vote/2004-October/thread.html">October</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="verify.html">Instructions</a> for running the vote counting script
</li>
<li>
<a href="voters.html">List of registered voters</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="rules.html">Referendum Rules and Timeline</a>
</li>
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<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2003-September/msg00008.html">Original discussion about anonymous voting</a>
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