[Mt-blind] sb358

[dmgina]

This is Dar,
How can we change the process, so voting would just be done by members at 
convention?
Also if folks don't have a way to get to convention, is there any way that 
they could get assistance?
As happens with national?
If they asked in their chapters to go to convention at a set time?
So it could be voted on by the board?
I know what I am thinking,
but can't find the correct words to use?
I hope you understand what I am trying to ask?
Thanks,


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Marks" <blind.grizzly at gmail.com>
To: "Breslauers" <bjb5757 at bresnan.net>; "Montana Association for the Blind 
List" <mt-blind at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Mt-blind] sb358


>I agree with Joy.  A mail ballot would create some accountability
> problems.  Something as important as voting should be done the right
> way, which means either going to the polls or voting absentee.  Mail
> ballots may be more convenient, but what our state needs is more
> pro-active participation, not convenience.  Our existing system
> excludes no one, even those who are house-bound.  Who are the main
> people behind the mail ballot?  What do they hope to achieve?
>
> One last thing to mention is that the MAB elects its board members
> through a mail ballot.  I've never like this system because it gives
> the power to those who never show up to conventions or chapter
> meetings.  Our mail ballot also never gives members a chance to get to
> know who the candidates are.  A better system would be for votes to
> occur at convention.  Candidates could speak there and be interviewed
> by the members.  Then we could vote on how our leaders would be.  I
> realize this would exclude those who could not attend conventions, but
> this problem is less of a factor than the denial of choice to those
> who do show up.  We ought to reward those who show up, not those who
> do not even when the reasons for not showing are valid.  For example,
> I've heard many a potential member say they do not want to join the
> MAB because our election process does not empower active members and
> because the mail ballot is passive.  People want to know that their
> participation is valued, and the mail ballot actually values those who
> do not participate over those who do.  Besides that, voting at
> convention would be easier to administer, less expensive, and far more
> fun than mail ballots.  We could celebrate the election process rather
> than waiting on the unpredictable mail ballot turnout.
>
> Jim Marks
> blind.grizzly at gmail.com
>
>
>
>
> On 1/31/07, Breslauers <bjb5757 at bresnan.net> wrote:
>> I wouldn't trust something as important as my vote to the mail system.
>> Besides, I'd have to have someone else fill out the ballot and there 
>> would
>> go my privacy.  I would prefer to use a voting machine, either on 
>> election
>> day or by voting absentee.  You can vote absentee before the deadline at
>> your convenience.
>>
>> Joy
>>
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