Exactly. None of this is per the rules... throwing out 7 previously cast votes and re-starting the vote, (in that case we could have simply cancelled the previous one); extending the time, having a choice between dev and Abstain... As I read the rules, it was so simple. Continue the election as it was, see who got the most votes. If Dev, stop. If Antonio, new call for election. If one candidate, they are elected, stop, If more that one, proceed to another election. Jacqueline A. Morris Technology should be like oxygen: Ubiquitous, Necessary, Invisible and Free. (after Chris Lehmann ) On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels@gmail.com> wrote:

Once the vote has begun, a withdrawal by a duly nominated candidate does not stop the vote.  This is the same process that cause a dead candidate to be returned as elected in some countries with democratic elections.

The vote for officers is a LACRALO GA in action. The LACRALO RoP permits any member in good standing to make a motion to change the order of business of a GA.  In this case, call for suspension of the vote.  But the RoP also demand that a vote to suspend would have to be taken.  And because of the gravity of the motion, under similar rules as the vote in progress!

Matter of fact, I'm not so sure that the 'hesitation' in this vote and the  change in the slate is actually valid under our rules.

Carlton

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