• Debian Project Leader election 2020: First call for votes

    From Debian Project Secretary - Kurt Roe@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 5 01:50:01 2020
    XPost: linux.debian.vote

    Hi,

    This is the first call for votes on the DPL election of 2020.

    Voting period starts 2020-04-05 00:00:00 UTC
    Votes must be received by 2020-04-18 23:59:59 UTC

    This vote is being conducted as required by the Debian Constitution.
    You may see the constitution at https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution.
    For voting questions or problems contact secretary@debian.org.

    The details of the candidate's platform can be found at: https://www.debian.org/vote/2020/platforms/

    Also, note that you can get a fresh ballot any time before the end of
    the vote by sending a mail to
    ballot@vote.debian.org
    with the subject "leader2020".

    To vote you need to be a Debian Developer.


    HOW TO VOTE

    First, read the full text of the platform.

    You might also want to read discussions with the candidates at https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/

    To cast a vote, it is necessary to send this ballot filled out to a
    dedicated e-mail address, in a signed message, as described below.
    The dedicated email address this ballot should be sent to is:

    leader2020@vote.debian.org

    The form you need to fill out is contained at the bottom of this
    message, marked with two lines containing the characters
    '-=-=-=-=-=-'. Do not erase anything between those lines, and do not
    change the choice names.

    There are 4 choices in the form, which you may rank with numbers between
    1 and 4. In the brackets next to your preferred choice, place a 1.
    Place a 2 in the brackets next to your next choice. Continue until you
    reach your last choice. Do not enter a number smaller than 1 or larger
    than 4.

    You may skip numbers, leave some choices unranked, and rank options
    equally. Unranked choices are considered equally the least desired
    choices, and ranked below all ranked choices.

    To vote "no, no matter what", rank "None Of The Above" as more desirable
    than the unacceptable choices, or you may rank the "None Of The Above"
    choice and leave choices you consider unacceptable blank. (Note: if the
    "None Of The Above" choice is unranked, then it is equal to all other
    unranked choices, if any -- no special consideration is given to the
    "None Of The Above" choice by the voting software).

    Finally, mail the filled out ballot to: leader2020@vote.debian.org.

    Don't worry about spacing of the columns or any quote characters (">") that your reply inserts.

    NOTE: The vote must be GPG signed (or PGP signed) with your key that is
    in the Debian keyring. You may, if you wish, choose to send a signed, encrypted ballot: use the vote key appended below for encryption.

    The voting software (Devotee) accepts mail that either contains only an unmangled OpenPGP message (RFC 2440 compliant), or a PGP/MIME mail
    (RFC 3156 compliant). To avoid problems I suggest you use PGP/MIME.

    VOTING SECRECY

    This is a secret vote. After the voting period there will be a record
    of all the votes without the name of the voter. It will instead contain
    a cryptographic hash. You will receive a secret after you have voted
    that can be used to calculate that hash. This allows you to verify
    that your vote is in the list.

    - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 190d140f-462b-469b-a516-c9886b48cbc2
    [ ] Choice 1: Jonathan Carter
    [ ] Choice 2: Sruthi Chandran
    [ ] Choice 3: Brian Gupta
    [ ] Choice 4: None Of The Above
    - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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    The responses to a valid vote shall be signed by the vote key created
    for this vote. The public key for the vote, signed by the Project
    secretary, is appended below.

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