RE: [atlarge-discuss] MEMEBRS AS WATCHDOGS - RECOUNT

["Abel Wisman" <abel@able-towers.com>]

Can the watchdogs please give us a time-frame within which they expect
to release a confirmed and final tally of the vote ?

Much appreciated,

Abel


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jefsey Morfin [mailto:jefsey@online.fr] 
> Sent: 01 June 2003 19:59
> To: Atlarge Discuss List
> Subject: [atlarge-discuss] MEMEBRS AS WATCHDOGS - RECOUNT
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> Dear all,
> you have the data online. This is to help you checking them.
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> 1. the atlarge.wtc is the file with all the data filed at 
> atlarge@execlub.org 2. have been removed everything which 
> could break the secret of the vote 3. the lines are made as follows;
>      "=>" voting flag
>      "nr" from 01 to C9 the number of the vote/question
>      "VID" the voter VID - you can check yours
>      "0000" the order of entry of the ballot.
>       Beware many ballots may be empty because they bounced
>       and came back.
> 4.  the vote as {X] or {Y] or {N]
> 5.  the compressed uppercase of the question
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> Important: the watch.c program has only as a job to:
> 1. anonymize the data - and help them in better format
>    but NOT to risk changing them. So the output is NOT perfect.
>    It is in the way the voter wanted it. Typos are maintained.
>    as indicated in the Polling Committee indications _visual_
>    verif is necessary.
> 2. to help MY status reporting. But it is not final.
>    Watchdogs have shown two mistakes:
>    - it counted "~" as "X" for vote because I took it for a
>    keyboard translation error. This is a voter who said
>    "NO" and {~] to everyone. So every Panelist has one
>     vote less.
>     - it probably counted wrong the some entries like
>     " ]". So they may have 2.
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> - there is a recount needed for Mauro and Sotiris. My
>    visual recount confirms that Sotiris is elected. But
>    a watchdog's perl program says no.
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> Walter claimed there was no transparency in Watchdogs. 
> blahblah. There is transparency as you never known it before. 
> And I think we still can improve this - even on a large 
> scale. But this means that all of you are or can be involved 
> and are co-responsible watchdogs; This is what you wanted, 
> folks. Now you have it let see what you do with it. No 
> possible supposed tricks.
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> If it works we can have it now made professionnal. Both
> in using "mail and vote" and "click and vote".
> jfc
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> PS. I started as committed http://apolite.net
>         Help wanted for the Franglish.
>         mailing list for those wanting to act
>         "let-have@apolite.net"
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