AL> Due to the time frame of the revision being made and the closing of AL> the polls, the revision was made as the preliminary results were AL> assembled. I personally do not agree that the revision should have AL> been accepted, but I was overruled by the International Coordinator. AL> In the future, the rules will explicitly state that ballots cannot be AL> altered once submitted.
I object.
During my watch there was a precedent. Björn Felten, RC20, once requested that his vote be changed. I rejected the request, a vote cast is a vote cast. After some debate, my ruling was accepted by those concerned. I see that you intended to follow the precedent. That should have been the end of it.
The International Coordinator has a role in the election as primus inter pares of the ZCC when the ZCC decides to establish a nominating committee as documented in FTA-1001.007 paragraph 3.2. And that is it. Beyond that the IC is just a sysop as any other sysop in Fidonet when the FTSC holds an election.
In casu: the IC does not have the authority to overrule a decision made by the election coordinator.
I therefore insist that the ICs intervention is ignored and that it is the first vote and only the first vote of RC33 that counts.
