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The voting period for Ballot SC2 has ended and the ballot has failed. Here are the results.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><u>Voting by CAs – 25 votes total, including abstentions<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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20 Yes votes: Amazon, Certigna (DHIMYOTIS), Certum (Asseco), Chunghwa Telecom, D-TRUST, DigiCert, Entrust Datacard, GDCA, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Izenpe, QuoVadis, SECOM, SHECA, SSL.com, SwissSign, TWCA, TrustCor, Visa<o:p></o:p></p>
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0 No votes: <o:p></o:p></p>
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5 Abstain: Actalis, Comodo CA, Disig, KPN Corporate Market, SSC<o:p></o:p></p>
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100% of voting CAs voted in favor<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><u>Voting by browsers – 8 votes total, including abstentions<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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2 Yes votes: Microsoft, Opera<o:p></o:p></p>
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2 No votes: Cisco, Google<o:p></o:p></p>
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4 Abstain: Apple, Comodo Group Inc., Mozilla, 360<o:p></o:p></p>
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50% of voting browsers voted in favor<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><u>Quorum requirements<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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Currently active members: 23<o:p></o:p></p>
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Quorum: 12<o:p></o:p></p>
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Votes cast (including abstentions): 33<o:p></o:p></p>
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Quorum met: Yes<o:p></o:p></p>
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Under Bylaw 2.2(g), a ballot result will be considered valid only when more than half of the number of currently active Members has participated. Votes to abstain are counted in determining a quorum.
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At least one CA Member and one browser Member must vote in favor of a ballot for the ballot to be adopted. This requirement was met<o:p></o:p></p>
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Bylaw 2.2(f) requires a yes vote by two-thirds of CA votes and 50%-plus-one browser votes for approval. Votes to abstain are not counted for this purpose. This requirement was met for CAs but was
<b><u>not</u></b> met for browsers. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Ballot SC2 fails.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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