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    Ballot 193 – 825-day Certificate Lifetimes
    March 17, 2017 by Ben WilsonThe voting period for Ballot 193 has ended. The ballot passed. Voting by CAs – 27 votes total including abstentions 24 Yes votes: Entrust Datacard, TurkTrust, Izenpe, Certinomis, DigiCert, Amazon, CNNIC, HARICA, GlobalSign, GDCA, Disig, Trustwave, Let’s Encrypt, Quo Vadis, SHECA, CFCA, OATI, Comodo, Buypass, Logius PKIoverheid, Cisco, Symantec, Certum, SwissSign
    Ballot 187 – Make CAA Checking Mandatory
    March 8, 2017 by Ben WilsonThe voting period for Ballot 187 has ended. Here are the results. Voting by CAs – 19 votes total, including abstentions 17 Yes votes: Let’s Encrypt, Izenpe, Comodo, GoDaddy, HARICA, GDCA, Trustwave, SwissSign, Symantec, SHECA, CFCA, SSC, GlobalSign, Cisco, Buypass, DigiCert, Disig
    Ballot 188 – Clarify use of term “CA” in Baseline Requirements
    March 2, 2017 by Ben WilsonResults on Ballot 188 The voting period for Ballot 188 has ended. Here are the results.
    Ballot 185 – Limiting the Lifetime of Certificates
    February 24, 2017 by Ben WilsonResults on Ballot 185 The voting period for Ballot 185 has ended. Here are the results.
    Ballot 183 – Amending the Bylaws to Clarify the Ballot Approval Process
    January 31, 2017 by Ben WilsonBallot 183 was approved by a vote of 17 yes (100%), 0 no, 0 abstain by CAs, and 2 yes (100%), 0 no, 0 abstain by browsers. The quorum figure was 8 votes total, so quorum was achieved. CA yes votes: Amazon, ANF Autoridad de Certificacion, Buypass AS, Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco, Comodo, DigiCert, Disig a.s., Entrust Datacard, GlobalSign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Izenpe S.A., SwissSign AG, Symantec, Trustwave, and TurkTrust, Browser yes votes: Apple, Mozilla
    Ballot 182 – Readopting BR 3.2.2.4 (Part 2)
    January 7, 2017 by Ben WilsonBallot 182 has failed – see results below. We will send out more information on what happens next. Ballot 182 Results CAs – 0 votes
    Ballot 181 – Readopting BR 3.2.2.4 (Part 1)
    January 7, 2017 by Ben WilsonBallot 181 has passed – see results below. We will send out more information on what happens next. Ballot 181 Results CAs – 18 yes, 0 no, 3 abstain (plus 2 yes votes on the Management list, which will not be counted)
    Ballot 180 – Readopting the BRs, EVGL, EV Code Signing, and NCSSR Guidelines with Amendments
    January 7, 2017 by Ben WilsonBallot 180 has passed – see results below. Ballot 180 Results CAs – 18 yes, 0 no, 3 abstain (plus one yes vote on the Management list, which will not be counted)
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