Board Thread:Policies/@comment-10473115-20170416232800/@comment-16461120-20170417230426

To clarify, since the concept may not be familiar to those outside of places where there's both open and closed balloting held.


 * An open ballot means every eligible citizen can vote.


 * A closed ballot means only those eligible citizens who also meet additional select criteria can vote.

It's not the same as whether or not the votes are done in public or private.

In terms of the original post proposal, an open ballot would mean everyone who was a member prior to the first thread on the subject would be eligible to vote; while, the suggestion of a closed ballot would mean likely only mods/admin would have voting privileges, though there's also been suggestion of a hybrid-open ballot with some sort of weight given to each class of membership's vote.