I agree with you John.
Ed
-----Original Message-----
From: John R. Clarke [mailto:jclarke@rose.net]
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 1:06 PM
To: GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [GAGEN] Use of Aliases
Well,
If you are caught voting in GA under more than one name - you are
prosecuted jail. Should the GA GEN WEB treat it any
differently than we do
for those who vote in our Georgia elections. Expulsion from
the GA GENWEB
should be the minimum penalty for those caught doing this.
John R. Clarke
229-228-1961
2417 N. Patterson St:Thomasville, GA 31792
----- Original Message -----
From: <lab(a)boone.net>
To: <GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 11:04 AM
Subject: [GAGEN] Use of Aliases
> As some of you may know there has been discussion by the AB
over the
> last couple of months about members who adopt county sites in names
> other than their own and register to vote with more than
one name and
> email address. Under current discussion is whether or not
the AB needs
> to set up a committee in order to determine how to deal with this
> issue or whether the AB should take this up themselves.
>
> The EC has forwarded a suggested change to their procedures
in order
> to
> deal
> with this situation and ensure that we have fair elections
in our project.
> In addition, the AB would need to work on further
procedures to deal with
> this situation when it arises.
>
> I'd like to hear how the SEMA region volunteers feel about the
> following
> issues:
>
> 1 - Do you care whether or not another volunteer registers
to vote in
> national elections using more than one name/email address
against your
> one vote you are allowed?
>
> 2 - The suggested EC procedures would only affect any
elections on a
> national level in this project, but how do you feel about
it's affect
> on votes within your state projects?
>
> 3 - Do you think the AB should come up with procedures to deal with
> the creation of aliases by members in this project that are
apparently
> used for fraudulent purposes?
>
> 4 - Do you know of any reason why one person would make up numerous
> aliases
> to use within our project that would not be considered fraudulent?
>
> This is concerning individuals who are one person but have adopted
> counties,
> etc. using more than one name and email address.
> It is not concerning individuals who have more than one
email address nor
> persons who use a nickname as long as they are not
attempting to represent
> more than one individual.
>
> Please let your representatives on AB know how you feel about this
> issue. Respectful discussion of this issue can be posted on
> USGenWeb-SE-L or you may contact your reps individually. They are
> Linda Blum-Barton [lab56(a)bellsouth.net]; Suzanne Shephard
> [syshephard(a)charter.net]; Angie Rayfield [angie(a)inmyattic.com]; and
> Mike St. Clair [mike(a)saintclair.org].
>
> Thanks for your input!
>
> Linda Blum-Barton
> SEMA CC Rep
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