Re[8]: [ga] GA position on Verisign contract

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello Marilyn,

Sunday, March 25, 2001, 4:13:03 PM, Cade,Marilyn S - LGA wrote:

> or, a gentle reminder, they were offline, engaged in other things, or not
> paying attention, or unable to decide in time.

> Do you allow for those as well?

Again, those are by personal choice.

By not participating, they voluntarily gave up their rights to be
included, REGARDLESS of what the reasons were.

If a Senator is ill, and doesn't show up for a vote, and it passes
50-49, with his absence, he can't later demand that it be invalidated
because he was otherwise occupied.  Same with a voter in an election.
If the vote was decided by 1 vote, and he was unable to vote because
he was in an out of town conference unexpectedly, he doesn't have the
right to declare the election invalid because of his
non-participation, regardless of the reason for it.

-- 
Best regards,
 William                            mailto:william@userfriendly.com


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