The default recirculation ballot to approve resolutions made to the Z136.8 Safe Use of Lasers in Research, Development, or Testing, closed Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time; the deadline for comments for the second public review of this same document closes February 3, 2020. There have been no comments received from public review yet.
As you know, if a member of the balloting group does not plan to change his/her vote on a default recirculation ballot, it is not necessary to return the ballot. In this case, the vote will be counted as in the original ballot. This applies to both affirmative and negative votes.
Of the responses received –
two of the original negative votes (three) changed to affirmative votes, while two affirmative votes changed to negative. One balloting group members that did not previously vote cast an affirmative ballot in CDV2. Below is a comparison of the original results and the recirculation results:
CDV1 results
Ballots returned: 37 of 41 = 90%
Abstain: 3
Affirmative: 31 of 34 (returned less abstentions) = 91%
Negative: 3
CDV2 results
Ballots returned: 38 of 41 = 93%
Abstain: 3
Affirmative: 32 of 35 (returned less abstention) = 91%
Negative: 3
A copy of the summary of consensus body balloting group vote by interest category has been uploaded to the Committee Documents page of ASC Z136.