>>>>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2018, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote:

>> It is known prior to a council election if a candidate is a member
>> of ComRel or QA. So, leave it to the electorate to evaluate if such
>> a candidate is suitable for the council.

> If everything were transparent then I would tend to agree, however
> it is not. Comrel processes are often opaque, especially when it
> comes to the aforementioned disciplinary actions. I think sometimes
> even the individual votes are not public (only the final counts).
> When an appeal happens, then Council may get briefed in secret too.

That does not apply to QA though, where decisions are in the open.

> So evaluating the candidate based on public information becomes
> difficult.

Don't vote for that person then? Why would we need a general rule
restricting voters from electing any specific candidate?

Ulrich