[Foundation-l] Fwd: Election vote strikes

[Gregory Maxwell]

Betsy Megas <Betsy at strideth.com> wrote:
> Due to an error in a script that was used to generate the list of
> authorized voters for this election, roughly 300 votes were cast by
> users who were not qualified based on the posted election rules
> (requiring that voters have made at least 600 edits before 01 June
> 2009 across Wikimedia wikis and have made at least 50 edits between 01
> January and 01 July 2009).  Those votes will be removed by the
> election committee prior to the election being tallied by Software in
> the Public Interest.
> Once this is completed, the election results will be tallied and
> announced shortly thereafter.
> Questions regarding why a vote was struck can be addressed to
> board-elections at lists.wikimedia.org.

I'm interested in knowing the nature of the error (understanding is
the key to avoidance in the future!)

I'd also like to know if any users were denied the ability to vote who
should have been permitted on account of this error?