As for the Hatch Act affecting your ability, you are correct, unless you're in charge of the budget and policy aspects of the organization.
Convention balloting is a form of IRV already, but I take it you're suggesting that access for absentee delegates would be another way. Problem: you have no idea after the first ballot who will and will not survive the drop-offs and who get the necessary percentages to advance to the next ballot without being there. IRV only works when the outcomes would be predictable by a single ballot cast. Multiple ballots throws the system into a hat. Andy Driscoll Saint Paul -------- Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right. --Mahatma Gandhi > From: dyna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 01:04:17 -0600 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mpls] 3rd ward race update > > At work today I duly submitted a form PS-3971, requesting an > hour or two of unpaid leave to represent my precinct at the 3rd ward > convention a week from Monday evening. Attached was a copy of the > call, and I made reference to the "right to participate in political > activity under the Hatch Act". This is my interpretation of the act, > and management has a quite different one. This argument worked once > before, so what the heck... > > With each day I become more convinced that the Northsiders in > the 3rd need to make a stand in this election. We pay taxes just like > the rest of the city, but in return receive substandard city > services. The Northside delegates need to be ready to do whatever it > takes to make sure our next council member doesn't forget us. > Blocking an endorsement is not out of the question. > > The latest edition of North News covered Biernat's > resignation and announced the 4 parties endorsing conventions. The > Green, Independence, and Republican parties will hold their > conventions on the weekend so the maximum number of delegates may > attend. Meanwhile, the DFL still insists on disenfranchising many > working delegates bu holding their convention early on a weeknight. I > am not the only delegate potentially disenfranchised by this bit of > DFL scheduling arrogance- another delegate in my precinct puts in > long hours working for a railroad and may not get off work in time to > make the convention. > > These small elections are excellent opportunities for parties > to experiment with new ideas. So why isn't the DFL trying Instant > Runoff Voting with absentee ballots in this endorsement process? Is > the DFL just doing things the customary way, or are some DFLers > trying to keep some delegates from voting? > > peace, > Dyna Sluyter, disenfrachised in Hawthorne > -- > _______________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
