[Lnc-business] mail ballot on whether or not to elect a new At-Large member by mail ballot

[Daniel Wiener]

I am still mulling whether to support or oppose this motion.  However, I
would prefer to use the Condorcet method rather than the traditional IRV
method if we were to adopt this motion.  I believe that Condorcet falls
within the generic definition of "an instant run-off voting procedure" as
stated in the motion, and is ultimately a fairer procedure for obtaining a
true majority preference.  The website Ruth is using to tally the votes (
opavote.org) does support Condorcet as well as traditional IRV and Single
Transferable Voting (STV), so one method would be just as easy to select as
any other.  And even if we defeat this motion and decide to conduct the
election at our November meeting, there's no reason why we can't do it
electronically on the spot via the OpaVote web site.

Dan Wiener

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Ruth Bennett <bennettruthaz at gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> *I move that we fill the At-large vacancy as follows:
>
> Self-nominations are currently open. An additional announcement will be
> sent to the State Chairs list. Nominations are closed as of OCT 5, 2012.
>
> Each nominee is encouraged to submit a one page "application" to the Chair
> and the Secretary to include:
>      Name
>     Address
>     Telephone number/s
>     Email address/es
>     Year joined the National LP and member number
>      Any Party offices - national or state - ever held
>      Any candidacies for public office
>     Any potential conflicts of interest
>     An acknowledgment that all travel expenses are the responsibility of
> the nominee
>
> All applications must be received by the Secretary and the Chair by OCT 5,
> 2012
>
> Additional resumes or CVs may be included.  The Secretary shall distribute
> nominee information as received. The Secretary will make available an
> instant run-off voting procedure no later than OCT 6, 2012  Balloting will
> end on OCT 16, 2012.
>
> As always, Regional Representatives will coordinate voting with their
> Alternates.
>
> Motion made by Ruth E. Bennett
> Co-sponsored by Michael Cloud, Tim Hagan and Vicki Kirkland
>
>
> *
>
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