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<DIV>Cite one example of a vote being extended in a Democracy<BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 9/16/09, Avri Doria <I><avri@psg.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Avri Doria <avri@psg.com><BR>Subject: Re: [governance] Reminder: What is the proposed Charter Amendment<BR>To: "Governance/IGC List" <governance@lists.cpsr.org><BR>Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 2:09 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail><BR>On 16 Sep 2009, at 15:44, Eric Dierker wrote:<BR><BR>> f you did not vote by the deadline you rejected the proposal.<BR>> Ginger you are invalidating the vote.<BR>> By golly goodness this is a list on governance. Let us at least have an ""IMPACT"" by example..<BR><BR><BR>Actually votes are extended all the time.<BR><BR>If for any reason there is the belief that not everyone had the chance to vote it is fine tradition in democracies to extend the vote to give more people time.<BR><BR>I am also sure that you will find nothing in the charter that declares the time for a vote of a prohibition against extending votes. these things are at the discretion of the coordinators.<BR><BR>golly gee, you have been arguing for democracy and now you want to cut the vote off for anyone who had problems getting the ballot.<BR><BR>a.<BR><BR>____________________________________________________________<BR>You received this message
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