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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/01/13 12:37, parminder wrote:<br>
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<font face="Verdana"> i think it needs to be explicitly mentioned
on the ballot and otherwise on the list just before the
elections that participation in voting is required (even if
excercising a no preference option) to be eligible to vote for
charter amendments (but not for other purposes) - and thus for
what can in a way be called as the full membership of IGC.... </font><br>
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The charter doesn't say that exercising a no preference option is
sufficient. This is where Avri and I have a disagreement. I come
from a country with a compulsory preferential voting system, so
being forced to vote doesn't seem so obnoxious to me. According to
the former Chief Justice of the High Court, even handing in a blank
ballot paper is not allowed in Australia (though this is
debatable). In the context of the IGC, I feel it is better if
everyone who wants to count themselves as a "full" member of the IGC
expresses a preference. This is one reason for amending the
charter, to make the requirements clearer.<br>
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