[gpva-ic] Unsettled matters regarding delegate voting policy

[T Yager]

I agree with you Chris.

Tamar

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Dr. Christopher Fink <
verdicorps at comcast.net> wrote:

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> Regarding the following matters :
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> 1.       Whether delegate voting past the first round must be restricted
> (bound) by the proportionality procedures described on the primary page (
> http://www.vagreenparty.org/GPVAPrimary2008Rules.html )
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> 2.       Whether delegate votes must or may be submitted in half-vote
> increments
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> In the absence of formal policy (and I'm not claiming absence or presence
> thereof at this point), it could be argued that the default policy would be
> that the delegation would be allowed to do as it wishes as regards these
> two
> issues. That is, the assumption is that whatever is not restricted is
> allowed.
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> However, I would like to point out that, whether or not these issues were
> decided previously (and I suspect they weren't), the fact is that these
> matters were recognized in early March as legitimate questions which our
> membership would likely want to know about before they voted, and someone
> (that is, I) had to put the answers in writing before the voting started.
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> Because I believe in maximizing proportionality as far along in the process
> as possible, and because precedent had already been set in 2004 for doing
> things this way, I wrote that the delegation would be bound by
> proportionality throughout the convention voting rounds (to the maximum
> extent possible given remaining candidates) and that half-votes would be
> used if allowed.
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> So it is safe to assume that our membership voted with this policy in mind,
> and I heard no complaints or discussion regarding this policy during the
> course of voting.
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> That's my two cents. Any other opinions?  Do we need to go to an IC vote?
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> Thanks,
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> -          Chris Fink, GPVA 2008 Presidential Preference Primary and
> Delegation Organization Volunteer
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-- 
Tom Yager
GPVA Alternate


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