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From: "Jacki Jonas" <>
Subject: Re: [BY-LAWS] SC Election proposal
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 07:33:54 -0500


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 <>
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
>
>



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