I agree that if we assume that the EC will continue to hold the elections for us as long
as it's not at national election time, we run the risk of them later saying they
can't do it. I don't see why we can't do it ourselves. There is bound to be
some question of bias, but if we plan it well, that should hopefully be minimal.
How about the current SC providing a list of possible vote-counters for the CCs to vote
on? Then if the SC picks someone that is perceived as biased, the CCs can say no - pick
someone else. Or the current RAs being the vote counters, excluding any that may be
running for the SC position?
Just a couple of thoughts before I head off to work.
Jacki
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From: Michael and Vivian Saffold <msaffold(a)bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [BY-LAWS] SC Election proposal
I do not think we should write a proposal just for this election.
A two-year term is appropriate.
Judging from Joy's explanation, the EC is not likely ever to be able to
hold our state election at the same time as the nationals. If we want the
EC to handle our election, we will need to adjust our SC term.
I agree, Barbara, that holding the election ourselves is the only way to
assure that they are held in a timely manner. I would hate for us to
establish a time frame outside of the national election schedule and
somewhere down the road have the EC tell us at the last minute that it
cannot accommodate us. I am confident that we have the technical ability to
conduct the election ourselves.
So, here's the question:
Is the perception of bias a problem, if we hold elections in-house?
Vivian
At 08:25 PM 6/8/2005 -0400, you wrote:
Hi y'all.
In response to Vivian's answer to my question and a question of her own on
GAGEN today, do you think it's possible for us to come up with a single
proposal concerning the SC election to be voted on prior to an SC election?
FWIW, even with Vivian leaving the SC position at the beginning of August,
I think we still have time to swing this. Say a couple of weeks for
nominations, a couple of weeks for campaigning, and a couple of weeks for
voting.
Some concerns:
1) do we want to try to write the proposal so that it is good after this
election, or write one for this election specifically and then cover the
general bases in the bylaws proper?
2) do we want to keep a 2-year term for SC?
3) do we want the EC to handle elections in the future? If so, we need to
come up with a different time of year.
What do y'all think?
Thanks,
Jacki