Thursday, May 11, 2006
The Core of the Problem
This is from a National Committee email on Proposal 220, and the issue of secret votes for party leadership:
Sorry Mr. McCorquodale, but that is exactly the point. If the Greens of Delaware don't want to influence their delegate's votes for national party leadership, I can't for the life of me imagine why not.
Why would you be afraid for the Greens of Delaware knowing whom you voted for, and where you ranked them? What is there to hide?
Reply: But the comparision to the GPUS is that no one is arguing for decisions on proposals or committee decisions to be done in secret. All of the aforementioned legislative bodies were ELECTED in secret. Voting in elections should be personal decisions, uninfluenced by the knowledge that people will know for whom one voted and the fear that some may have scores to settle with the voter because of such knowledge.
David McCorquodale
Delaware delegate
Sorry Mr. McCorquodale, but that is exactly the point. If the Greens of Delaware don't want to influence their delegate's votes for national party leadership, I can't for the life of me imagine why not.
Why would you be afraid for the Greens of Delaware knowing whom you voted for, and where you ranked them? What is there to hide?
// posted by Gregg Jocoy @ 11:12 PM 
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Greg,
I just spotted this comment about my post. This post was about other national
delegates knowing for whom a delegate votes in SC elections. Of course, Greens in my state should know. The question is why does a delegate in California need to know my vote.
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I just spotted this comment about my post. This post was about other national
delegates knowing for whom a delegate votes in SC elections. Of course, Greens in my state should know. The question is why does a delegate in California need to know my vote.
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