[cabfpub] Results on Ballot 198 – Onion Revisions

[Kirk Hall]

Results on Ballot 198 – Onion Revisions

The voting period for Ballot 198 has ended.  Here are the results.

Voting by CAs – 13 votes total, including abstentions

9 Yes votes: Buypass, CFCA, Cisco, DocuSign France, Entrust, GDCA, GlobalSign, HARICA, SHECA
0 No vote:
4 Abstain: Actalis, Izenpe, OATI, TurkTrust
100% of voting CAs voted in favor

Voting by browsers – 4 votes total, including abstentions

4 Yes votes: Apple, Google, Mozilla, Opera
0 No votes:
0 Abstain:
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 10, so quorum was 11 votes.  17 votes (including abstentions) 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

Ballot 198 passes.


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