[cabfpub] Results on Ballot 197 – Effective Date of Ballot 193 Provisions

[Kirk Hall]

Results on Ballot 197 – Effective Date of Ballot 193 Provisions

The voting period for Ballot 197 has ended.  Here are the results.

Voting by CAs – 23 votes total including abstentions

18 Yes votes: Entrust, GoDaddy, Buypass, TurkTrust, DigiCert, Quo Vadis, SSC, OATI, D-Trust, GDCA, Certinomis, Comodo, SwissSign, Izenpe, GlobalSign, CFCA, Chunghwa Telecom, Disig
0 No votes:
5 Abstain: SHECA, HARICA, Symantec, Actalis, Cisco
100% of voting CAs voted in favor

Voting by browsers – 4 votes total including abstentions

3 Yes votes: Microsoft, 360, Apple
0 No votes:
1 Abstain: Mozilla
100% of voting browsers voted in favor

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.  Half of currently active Members as of the start of voting is 11, so quorum was 12 votes.  27 votes were cast – quorum was met.

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 both CAs and browsers.

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

The ballot passes.


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