How to vote in APNIC EC elections
- Online, using the MyAPNIC
- On site, with a paper ballot
Vote online
Online voting is only available to APNIC Members.
By default, the APNIC Corporate Contacts are the only contacts who can vote. However, the Corporate Contact may assign the voting rights to other authorized contacts to vote on their behalf.
Online voting is only accessible via MyAPNIC. To vote online, a valid APNIC digital certificate must be installed. An APNIC certificate can be requested via MyAPNIC upon login into MyAPNIC.
The voting section in MyAPNIC is only visible while the online voting is open. Online voting in APNIC EC elections opens approximately two weeks and closes two days before the on-site election is held at the AMM.
An online vote cannot be withdrawn after it has been submitted. APNIC takes no responsibility for online votes submitted by users who are no longer authorized by the APNIC Member organization.
For audit purposes, APNIC records the Member and user name of the submitted vote, the number of votes, the time, and the IP address of the voter. The specific choice exercised by the voter is NOT kept with the ballot record.
For more information, please see APNIC online voting terms and conditions.
Vote on site
The Corporate Contacts and authorized contacts with voting rights may vote in person at the APNIC Member Meeting (AMM) by presenting valid identification to the APNIC Voting desk on the day of the election.
It is possible to appoint a proxy to exercise some or all of your organization's votes at an APNIC election. For more information, please see Assigning a proxy.
Quick Guide to APNIC 33 EC on-site voting
On-site voting is scheduled for Friday, 2 March 2012 during the AMM.
Ballot papers will be ready for collection at the Voting Desk from 08:30 (UTC +5:30) Friday, 2 March 2012.
The Election Chair will announce the opening of the APNIC 33 EC election at the scheduled time on Friday, 2 March 2012.
When the Election Chair announces the opening of the election, the ballot box will be opened and shown to the delegates in the AMM before it is moved to the Voting Desk and sealed by the Election Officers, to be ready for ballot collection.
Only Corporate Contacts, authorized contacts with voting rights, and proxy holders of current APNIC Member accounts are eligible to collect the ballot papers. Proof of identification may be requested at the Voting Desk when collecting the ballot papers.
Ballot collection will be closed at 14:00 (UTC +5:30) on Friday, 2 March 2012 when the Election Chair announces the closure of the voting.
Election Officers, accompanied by the Election Scrutineers and Election Tellers, will then move the ballot box to the designated room for vote count.
Upon completion of the vote count, the Election Tellers will put the final voting result in an envelope to be given to the Election Chair. The Election Chair will declare the results in the AMM and close the EC election.