Re: [ga] withdrawal of candidacy

[kstubbs@digitel.net (Digitel - Ken Stubbs)]

seems fair & reasonable to me.

i only voted for 1 person so wm x walsh's logic doesnt make me comfortable
at all..

this is a much better approach for dealing with this situation and one i can
live with and support .

ken stubbs


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin J. Connolly" <connollyk@rspab.com>
To: <ga@dnso.org>; <david@farrar.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 8:52 PM
Subject: RE: [ga] withdrawal of candidacy


> How does this sound:
>
> (1) Proceed with the voting.
> (2) If the margin of victory > # of votes for the withdrawn candidate,
then the result is academic.
> (3) Otherwise, re-poll.
>
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> >>> <david@farrar.com> 04/03/01 08:19PM >>>
> > Without any comment on votes, given that I endorsed all four candidates
to
> > ensure that there could be a valid election, I am somewhat concerned.
> > Without a fourth candidate, I probably would have worked harder to
recruit
> > someone to run.  That might be true of others, as well.
> >
> > This is in no way a commentary on the candidates who are standing, but
more
> > a comment on other things.  Everyone who is standing has made a
considerable
> > effort to organize themselves/their work/etc. so they can offer to take
on
> > the considerable work of chair, c-chair.
> >
> > We are all obviously learning as we build...
>
> I do not believe one can decline a nomination after voting has begun.  The
vote
> has to go to its natural conclusion and then a winner is declared.  Now if
it
> is not Jon then we have no problem.  If it is Jon then he effectively
resigns
> immediately as the GA nominee to the NC for Chair.
>
> The question then before us is whether we run another election with fresh
calls
> for candidates.  One can argue this has some merit as some may not have
> accepted nomination because Jon was a nominee.
>
> The other option is that as we are fortunate enough to have a
preferentialv
>  oting system (lowest polling candidate drops off until someone gets
50%+1) one
> can re-allocate votes for Jon according to the next preferences and
declaret
>  hat person the GA nominee for Chair.
>
> I believe that the GA itself has to decide this issue and that a quick
polls
>  hould be done of whether we wish to re-open nominations *if Jon is the
winner*
> or just allocate preferentials.  I believe such a vote should be held
without
> knowing who the 2nd placed candidate is (ie delay the detailed results
> publication).
>
> DPF
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