[H-GEN] Re: [H-ANNOUNCE] Constitutional amendments

[Robert Brockway]

On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Raymond Smith wrote:

> This is not true. A proxy vote can specify how the proxy is to be cast. If the
> nominations for positions were known before the AGM (as they should be,
> really...) then person A could sign a proxy to vote in people X,Y,Z and
> give that proxy to the secretary who can keep them as a "proof of proxy"
> if we do not trust person B.

In that case we have absentee voting with a member of the club (the
person holding the proxy) acting as the voice for the absent member.  True
absentee voting would be cleaner imho.  I agree that this is how it is
sometimes done, but on occassions it has been done the other way (ie with
one person effectively giving voting rights to the other person).
Cheers,
	-Robert

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