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On Oct 10, 2016, at 11:58 AM, Clint Byrum <clint at fewbar.com> wrote:

>> I'd certainly appreciate a follow-up email towards the end of the voting 
>> period (i.e. it wouldn't even necessarily need to be a re-sending of the 
>> ballot link - finding that again is generally no problem). I wanted to 
>> see what the candidates had to say in response to the various questions 
>> on the mailing list before voting, but I was definitely starting to get 
>> nervous toward the end of the week that I might forget.
>> 
> Indeed. I think it might make sense to have a brief period between
> nomination deadline, and poll creation, maybe 1 week, to spark this
> debate and get the community engaged with the candidates. This goes for
> all of the elections.

Exactly. Most people vote when they get their email ballot, so discussions after that have limited impact.


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