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    from a single account, only the last vote will be counted, even if the
    account is used by more than one person.  Multiple votes which are, in
    the judgment of the votetaker, attempts to bypass these restrictions
    may all be rejected.

19. Votes from undeliverable addresses (including transformations of valid
    addresses intended to avoid spam) are not valid.  The votetaker will
    e-mail an acknowledgment of the vote in response to each vote, and if
    this acknowledgment bounces, the corresponding vote will not count
    towards the total.  Voters are responsible for investigating what
    happened if their votes are not acknowledged.

20. Anonymous, forwarded, or proxy votes are not valid.  Votes mailed by
    WWW/HTML/CGI forms are considered proxy votes and are not valid.  The
    precise definition of anonymous is at the discretion of the votetaker
    but should not be interpreted as requiring all voters to use their
    real name; votes from well-established pseudonyms should be accepted.

21. The explicit voting instructions in the CFV may not be distributed, in
    whole or in part, to any forum, by anyone except the votetaker.
    People wishing to vote should be referred to the CFV posted in
    news.announce.newgroups or told to contact the votetaker for a copy.
    Violations may result in invalidation of votes by the votetaker or
    long-term suspension of the proposal by the n.a.n moderation team.

22. Whether or not the CFV may be sent to mailing lists is at the
    discretion of the votetaker, and if done should only be done by the
    votetaker directly.

23. The validity of any given vote is determined by the votetaker.  Votes
    may be disqualified for violation of the above points or for any other
    actions seriously detrimental to the integrity of the vote, at the
    discretion of the votetaker.  The decision of the votetaker may be
    appealed to the n.a.n moderation team.  The decision of the n.a.n
    moderation team is final.

24. If there are significant problems with the vote, if the votetaker is
    unable to collect the votes, or if there are other serious flaws in
    the voting procedure, the n.a.n moderation team will normally cancel
    the vote and hold an immediate revote without disclosing the results
    of the first vote.

THE RESULT

25. After the completion of the vote, the votetaker will tally the result
    and post it to the same newsgroups to which the votetaker posted the
    CFV.  The posted result will contain the name, a form of the e-mail
    address, and the vote of everyone who voted except for those people
    who subsequently cancelled their vote.

26. Each separate proposed change will be considered to have passed if and
    only if it received at least 100 more YES than NO votes and received
    at least twice as many YES as NO votes.

27. After the result posting, there will be a five day period when any
    objections to the vote may be raised in news.groups.  The n.a.n
    moderation team should also be informed (at newgroups-request@isc.org)
    of any objections or inaccuracies that could change the outcome.

28. At the conclusion of this waiting period, the n.a.n moderation team
    will either validate the results or will put the proposal on hold
    while objections are considered.  The final determination of whether a
    vote has passed or failed will be made by the n.a.n moderation team;
    the n.a.n moderation team may also call for a revote or take other
    appropriate action to deal with severely flawed votes.

29. The results of a vote may be accepted despite flaws in the voting
    process.  If the voting period lasted at least 21 days with at least
    one posted CFV and the flaws are, in the determination of the n.a.n
    moderator, extremely unlikely to have caused a change in the outcome,
    the n.a.n moderator may accept the voting results even if the above
    procedure is not followed exactly.

30. All portions of the proposal that passed will be implemented by
    control messages issued by the n.a.n moderation team.  Control
    messages will generally be sent shortly after the waiting period
    (point 27) and final validation of the results, but may be delayed
    due to major holidays, initial setup of moderation, or transition
    periods (for example, during renames, removal of an existing group
    may be delayed until creation of its replacement has had time to
    propagate).