At least stockholders can vote a proxy and one bright fellow over on
the Approval Voting board has suggested Proxies for New England Town
meetings.
How would proxy voting work for the state and national party?---
In [email protected], "hrearden_hr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "David Macko" <dmacko@> wrote:
> >
> > The people who attend the conventions are the people who care.
> > It is quite proper to give them more decision making power
> >
> > For life and liberty,
> > David Macko
>
>
> I disagree. Most people have a job or a business or other
obligations
> and thus are not going to attend a convention because they can't get
> the time off from their job or do not believe they can afford the
time
> away from the business during the time the convention is held. Ther
> maybe situations in which one was planning to go to the convention
but
> instead attended a family members wedding that took place during the
> convention or a family member's funeral etc... There are a number of
> reasons why many party members do not attend a convention. Some
> members simply can not afford the travel expense and hotel expense.
> The convention this year is in OR which is way the hell on the other
> side of country from FL where I am. That is a long distance to
travel
> by car or bus and the airfare is more than many other parts of the
> country from the southeast region of the country. If I wanted to go
to
> the convention I could afford it but I have other priorities I'd
> rather spend that much money on. I suggest that you check your
> premise. Party members imo should be able to vote for officers and
> issues voted on at the convention by proxy if they are not able to
> attend. Most of us are not independently wealthy and can go anywhere
> we want to whenever we want to.
>
> $
>
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