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    Ballot 179 – [Empty]
    November 1, 2016 by Ben WilsonThere was no Ballot 179.
    Ballot 178 – Special Ballot for Election of Vice Chair
    October 6, 2016 by Ben WilsonThe text of this ballot needs to be pasted in here.
    Ballot 177 – Special Ballot for Election of Chair
    September 22, 2016 by Ben WilsonThe text of this ballot needs to be pasted in here.
    Ballot 175 – Addition of given name and surname
    September 7, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 175, Addition of given name and surname, has now closed. The results are as follows: From the CA’s, we received 13 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 1 Abstention From the Browsers, we received 2 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 1 Abstention Therefore the ballot passes. Full ballot results can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FBsMZjlzyvK3mFR1u4qMqvZwlI86yJ-v0am1pCBo8uI/edit#gid=4 Thanks, Dean Coclin CA/B Forum Chair Ballot 17****5 – Addition of givenName/surname The following motion has been proposed by Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert and endorsed by Richard Wang of WoSign and Eddy Nigg of StartCom:
    Ballot 174 – Reform of Requirements Relating to Conflict with Local Laws
    August 29, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 174, “Reform of requirements relating to conflict with local laws” has now closed. The results are as follows: From the CAs, we received 21 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 1 Abstention From the Browsers, we received 3 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions Therefore the ballot passes. CAs are required to make this change to their processes by a date 90 days from the date this ballot passes.
    Ballot 169 – Revised Validation Requirements
    August 5, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 169, Revised Validation Requirements, has ended. Here are the results: From the CAs, we received 19 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions From the Browsers, we received 3 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions Therefore, the ballot passes unanimously. A big thank you to the validation working group for all your efforts in working through the issues and developing a ballot which met everyone’s expectations. The results are indicative of the time you took to address comments from the group.
    Ballot 173 – Removal of requirement to cease use of private key due to incorrect certificate info
    July 28, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 173, Removal of requirement to cease use of public key due to incorrect info, has now closed. The results are as follows: From the CAs, we received 16 YES votes, 1 NO vote and 0 Abstentions. From the Browsers, we received 3 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions. Therefore the ballot passes. The effective date is 45 days from July 28, 2016. Dean Coclin CA/B Forum Chair
    Ballot 172 – Removal of permanentIdentifier from EV Code Signing Guidelines
    July 5, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 172, “Removal of Permanent Identifier” has now closed. The results are as follows: From the CAs, we received 9 YES votes, 1 NO vote and 7 Abstentions From the Browsers, we received 1 YES vote, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions Therefore the ballot passes. Full results can be seen on the ballot tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FBsMZjlzyvK3mFR1u4qMqvZwlI86yJ-v0am1pCBo8uI/edit#gid=4 Dean Coclin CA/B Forum Chair Ballot 172 – Removal of permanentIdentifier from EV Code Signing Guidelines The following motion has been proposed by Bruce Morton of Entrust and endorsed by Rick Andrews of Symantec and Jeremy Rowley of DigiCert:
    Ballot 171 – Updating the ETSI standards in the CABF documents
    July 1, 2016 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 171, “Updating ETSI standards in CABF documents” is now closed. The results are as follows: From the CAs, we received 13 YES votes, 0 NO votes and 3 Abstentions From the Browsers, we received 1 YES vote, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions. Therefore the ballot passes. Full voting results can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FBsMZjlzyvK3mFR1u4qMqvZwlI86yJ-v0am1pCBo8uI/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=4 Dean Coclin CA/B Forum Chair Ballot 171 – Updating the ETSI standards in the CABF documents The following motion has been proposed by Iñigo Barreira of Izenpe and endorsed by Mads Henriksveen of Buypass, Jochem van den Berge of Logius PKIoverheid and Arno Fiedler of D-trust
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