Russ made a final call for informal discussion.
I'd like to ask the community whether we'd like to handle secret ballots
now, or in a separate GR.

The rationale for handling things now is that we can get it done with
and if a controversial GR comes up, we'll have the option of secret
ballots if that's how we decide things.

The rationale for delaying is that it may make Russ's vote easier.
we may also have a large number of ballot options if there end up being
a significant number of amendments to Russ's proposal.

Here's what a simple proposal for making all votes secret ballot might
look like.
If we choose to handle things this time around, someone (I'd be happy
to) could propose this as an amendment when Russ makes his formal GR.
I suspect Russ probably wouldn't accept the amendment just so we could
have both options on the ballot.
Given the discussions so far we'd probably have four ballot options
(secret ballots times the two approaches to managing discussion
periods).

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Resolved that the Debian Developers make the following changes to the
Debian Constitution:

4.1.3:
old:
3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes, tallies, and
results are not revealed during the voting period; after the vote
the Project Secretary lists all the votes cast. The voting period
is 2 weeks, but may be varied by up to 1 week by the Project
Leader.

new:
3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes, tallies, and
results are not revealed during the voting period; after the vote
the Project Secretary lists all the votes cast. The identity of a
developer casting a particular vote is not public. The voting period
is 2 weeks, but may be varied by up to 1 week by the Project
Leader.

rationale: I think we still want the ballots public because there's a
lot of useful analysis you can do on that.
Minimally state that the votes are not public without providing any
mechanism for how that works; that's up to the secretary. There was
some discussion of using a DEP to provide specific mechanisms for
handling this; the secretary could of course take advantage of such
a DEP if it emerged.


4.1.6:
old:
6. Votes are cast by email in a manner suitable to the Secretary. The
Secretary determines for each poll whether voters can change their
votes.

new:
6. Votes are cast in a manner suitable to the Secretary. The
Secretary determines for each poll whether voters can change their
votes.

rationale:
Some of the systems being proposed for anonymous voting would work
better if they didn't need to use email.
Leave how that works up to the secretary.

5.2.5:
old:
5. The next two weeks are the polling period during which Developers
may cast their votes. Votes in leadership elections are kept
secret, even after the election is finished.
new:
5. The next two weeks are the polling period during which Developers
may cast their votes.

rationale: no need for a special case for leadership elections any more.

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