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    Ballots 154 and 155 – Convert to RFC 3647 Framework and GitHub
    November 18, 2015 by Ben WilsonBallots 154 and 155 – Convert to RFC 3647 Framework and GitHub Ballot 154 and 155, Convert documents to RFC 3647 Framework and GitHub, closed on November 17th 2015. The Chair received 24 votes from CAs in which 24 were in favor, 0 against and 02 abstentions and 02 votes from Browsers in which 02 were in favor, 0 against and 0 abstention. Therefore, the ballot passes.
    Ballot 153 – Short-Lived Certificates
    November 11, 2015 by Ben WilsonBallot 153 – Short-Lived Certificates Ballot 153, Short-Lived Certificates revision, closed on November 10th 2015. The Chair received 26 votes from CAs in which 04 were in favor, 17 against and 05 abstentions and 05 votes from Browsers in which 04 were in favor, 01 against and 0 abstention. Therefore the ballot fails.
    Ballot 152 – SHA-1 Deprecation
    October 15, 2015 by Ben WilsonThis ballot was withdrawn.
    Ballot 151 – Addition of Optional OIDs for Indicating Level of Validation
    September 28, 2015 by Ben WilsonBallot 151 – Addition of Optional OIDs for Indicating Level of Validation Ballot 151, OID revisions, closed on September 28th 2015. The Chair received 22 votes from CAs in which 19 were in favor, 0 against and 3 abstentions and 3 votes from Browsers in which 2 were in favor, 0 against and 1 abstention. Therefore the ballot passes.
    Ballot 150 – OID Revisions
    August 15, 2015 by Ben WilsonThis ballot was withdrawn.
    Ballot 149 – Membership Criteria Clarification
    July 10, 2015 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 149 (Membership criteria clarification) has closed. The Forum received 17 YES votes from CA members: Buypass, Chungwa Telecom, Disig, Entrust, Globalsign, GoDaddy, HARICA, Logius PKIoverheid, OpenTrust, QuoVadis, SSC, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustwave, TurkTrust, Visa and WoSign and 3 YES votes from Browser members: Google, Opera and Mozilla. Three Abstain votes were received from CA members Actalis, ANF, OATI. There were 0 NO votes. Therefore the ballot passes.
    Ballot 147 – Attorney Accountant Letter Changes
    June 25, 2015 by Ben WilsonBallot 147 – Attorney-Accountant Letter Changes Voting on Ballot 147 has closed. Here are the results:
    Ballot 146 – Convert Baseline Requirements to RFC 3647 Framework
    April 16, 2015 by Ben WilsonBallot 146 – Convert Baseline Requirements to RFC 3647 Framework Voting has closed on Ballot 146, “Convert Baseline Requirements”
    Ballot 148 – Issuer Field Correction
    April 2, 2015 by Ben WilsonVoting on Ballot 148, Issuer Field Correction, closed on 2 April 2015. We received 13 YES votes from CAs, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions We received 1 YES vote from Browsers, 0 NO votes and 0 Abstentions Therefore the ballot passes. Several votes were received after the ballot closed and were not counted. Full details are on the ballot tracking wiki. Ballot 148 resulted in the adoption of BRv1.2.5
    The Certification Authority Browser Forum (CA/Browser Forum) is a voluntary gathering of Certificate Issuers and suppliers of Internet browser software and other applications that use certificates (Certificate Consumers).