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'''BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:''' Currently the procedure specified in GPCA bylaws governing the use of Choice Voting provides that "Each delegate shall be provided a written secret ballot containing the names of the candidates in random order." | '''BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:''' Currently the procedure specified in GPCA bylaws governing the use of Choice Voting provides that "Each delegate shall be provided a written secret ballot containing the names of the candidates in random order." | ||
| − | Elections to the GPUS Delegation are governed by 7-1.8, which means votes must be cast by written ballot. The Delegation has requested that votes cast for GPUS delegates and alternates be done via a web-based voting page as used in June 2011 for GPCA Coordinating Committee elections. To effectuate | + | Elections to the GPUS Delegation are governed by 7-1.8, which means votes must be cast by written ballot. The Delegation has requested that votes cast for GPUS delegates and alternates be done via a web-based voting page as used in June 2011 for GPCA Coordinating Committee elections. This is because the large number of paper ballots makes transcribing the results very, very cumbersome into a form that can then be entered into a ranked choice voting program to render a result. |
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| + | To effectuate the option to cast a vote electronically, this proposal would amend 7-1.8 to allow for voting via a voting page. | ||
'''PROPOSAL:''' That GPCA Bylaws 7-1.8 Choice Voting be amended to add "or web-based or otherwise electronic" as follows: | '''PROPOSAL:''' That GPCA Bylaws 7-1.8 Choice Voting be amended to add "or web-based or otherwise electronic" as follows: | ||
Latest revision as of 03:47, 6 September 2011
PRESENTER: Coordinating Committee
CONTACT:
SUBJECT: Amendment to GPCA Bylaws 7-1.8 Choice Voting to include use of GPCA voting page
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Currently the procedure specified in GPCA bylaws governing the use of Choice Voting provides that "Each delegate shall be provided a written secret ballot containing the names of the candidates in random order."
Elections to the GPUS Delegation are governed by 7-1.8, which means votes must be cast by written ballot. The Delegation has requested that votes cast for GPUS delegates and alternates be done via a web-based voting page as used in June 2011 for GPCA Coordinating Committee elections. This is because the large number of paper ballots makes transcribing the results very, very cumbersome into a form that can then be entered into a ranked choice voting program to render a result.
To effectuate the option to cast a vote electronically, this proposal would amend 7-1.8 to allow for voting via a voting page.
PROPOSAL: That GPCA Bylaws 7-1.8 Choice Voting be amended to add "or web-based or otherwise electronic" as follows:
Present Bylaw: Each delegate shall be provided a written secret ballot containing the names of the candidates in random order.
Proposed Bylaw: Each delegate shall be provided a written or web-based or otherwise electronic secret ballot containing the names of the candidates in random order.
COMMITTEE PROCESS: Approved by Coordinating Committee on such and such a date.
TIMELINE: Adoption at the December 3rd/4th, 2011 General Assembly.
RESOURCES: Bylaws page to be amended to reflect the change.
