[FFmpeg-devel] [ANNOUNCE] Repeat vote: GA voters list updates

[Tomas Härdin]

tis 2023-11-14 klockan 18:46 +0200 skrev Rémi Denis-Courmont:
> Le tiistaina 14. marraskuuta 2023, 17.56.24 EET Tomas Härdin a écrit
> :
> > Ballots should be public IMO, secret voting is cowardice.
> 
> The French (XIXth century) Empire used notoriously public ballots,
> and the 
> results were skewed to say the least. There is a good reason why
> ballots are 
> supposed to be confidential.
> 
> And I don't think FFmpeg is immune to the same sort of issues.
> Consider the 
> case of developers with any kind of corporate affiliation or
> financial 
> dependency. What's to prevent their boss from telling them how to
> vote if the 
> ballots are public?

Secret ballots do not prevent this. The only method we know that works
is voting in person with pen and paper. It's honestly surprising how
much trust is given to e-voting by people of which I assume a majority
have CS degrees.

/Tomas