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[gae]

Originally posted by Pi?a:
As a true patriot and real live nephew of my uncle sam I must protest.

The anonymous vote is a fundamental component of a fair and impartial voting system. Forcing public declarations of support is more in keeping with countries that favor simple ballots. You know those one name ballots where write in's are discouraged at the point of a gun.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You're the only one who seems to have a problem with a public vote, but we all try to get along around here.

How about this as a compromise. You've publically stated that you trust Jumper to be fair. If he will accept the responsibility, why don't we all PM him with our vote? The deadline will be midnight Friday and Jump and D2 can take some time from their birthday/anniversary festivities to count the votes.

And Pina, if you've been following the tread, you know that Trav is on this way to Mexico and will not be checking the board. AL is fine with me casting his vote after I speak with him this evening. Are you going to have a problem with that?

[Piña]

Originally posted by gae:
You're the only one who seems to have a problem with a public vote, but we all try to get along around here.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Just trying to be fair and true to my american ideals.

How about this as a compromise. You've publically stated that you trust Jumper to be fair. If he will accept the responsibility, why don't we all PM him with our vote? The deadline will be midnight Friday and Jump and D2 can take some time from their birthday/anniversary festivities to count the votes.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'm fine with PMing Jumper. I also think that we should have a public thread that states who voted, just not for whom thier vote was cast.

Also there are other issues that I've brought up that I think should be given consideration.

And Pina, if you've been following the tread, you know that Trav is on this way to Mexico and will not be checking the board. AL is fine with me casting his vote after I speak with him this evening. Are you going to have a problem with that?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sounds kinda shady to me. What weight of paper stock are you using for his absentee ballot?

[cincygreg]

Once again, PINA IS THE PROBLEM! Nuff said


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[gae]

No paper stock. Mail from Mexico is terribly slow and something as important as a CDS ballot would probably be inspected by Customs. And if that happened, you'd all have to pony up to pay the bribes to get it out of the country.

It will be a simple phone call. Would you prefer that he call you with his vote?

[Gunslinger]

Should there be a tie, you can either leave the spot vacant or have a run off between the people who tied.

[Piña]

Originally posted by gae:
No paper stock. Mail from Mexico is terribly slow and something as important as a CDS ballot would probably be inspected by Customs. And if that happened, you'd all have to pony up to pay the bribes to get it out of the country.

It will be a simple phone call. Would you prefer that he call you with his vote?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You do have a point. He could call me but would likely try and reverse the charges so that's a no go. He could always email me at [email protected] and I'd be happy to pass his vote on to whomever is selected as the CDS election official.

[Dulcinea]

I would add Niki to the list. Anybody who comes onto this forum and announces they married one of the founding moderators is kind of in the family.

What about Jester? Is she too infrequent to be a real member?

And I'm okay with PMing jumper to keep it semi-anonymous.

What defines an eligible voter? That is a good question. I guess I'd say, posting on this board within the past few (three?) months.

[jumper69]

I will take on the responsibility of counting the votes. I also think there should be a limt to the number of candidates.

Shall we have a primary of some kind??

[jdf]

only this group could make this much of a deal out of soemthing so simple, and frankly, so silly.

I still stand by my vote, and I don't feel a need to be anonymous about it....

[gae]

Reversing the charges isn't necessary. Being an <s>rich, white, male Republican</s> international consultant, Trav has a really cool international phone.

He won't send you an email for the same reason that he won't be on the board. Mexico City isn't cutting edge when it comes to technology and even the dial up he'll have at the hotel is iffy. If Fox is in the area, the policia shut down all communications.

But seriously, Pina, thanks for bringing that up. It made me remember that Trav would need a Mexico City access number. Got it and left him a message.