Agree with Megan's solution! Joe "Ms. Piglet" wrote: > Ok, let me make this as a clear and precise proposal of action, and either > y'all agree to it or shoot it down, right quick.<G> > > NC race: Yes, a runoff, candidates A & B > SE/MA race: Runoff. Not a clue at this time what to do in case of second > runoff; hope it won't happen. > SW/SC race: Top two vote getters win; top person gets the two year term, > second person gets the one year term. > > If nobody's got a good reason why this doesn't work, can we get this off to > Jim quickly? > > piglet (megan zurawicz) ICQ: 18429839 > genealogy-- http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~piglet > quilting-- http://pages.prodigy.net/mspiglet > theatre-- http://members.aol.com/tupacratz/poohpix.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: jpowelljr <jpowelljr@worldnet.att.net> > To: <BOARD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, 01 August, 1999 20:00 > Subject: [BOARD-L] Re: [ELECTIONS-L] preliminary results > > > Board Members... We need your direction on these races. > > Candidates are listed by totals, not position on the Ballot. > > > > NC Race > > > > Candidate A 253 > > Candidate B 160 > > Candidate C 102 > > > > No Majority. We assume that there would be a runoff. > > > > SE/MA SC Representative is an 11 / 11 tie > > > > We assume a runoff again. But you need to come up with a > > tie breaking procedure for a possible second tie. > > > > SW/SC CC Representative > > > > Candidate A 59 > > Candidate B 52 > > Candidate C 45 > > Candidate D 45 > > > > Problem, we received 136 ballots (272 potential votes, > > majority would be 68) so a lot of people only voted for one > > candidate. We suggest that you use actual votes to > > determine a majority. > > Total votes 201, one quarter of 201 round to 51, 2 > > candidates have a majority > > > > Do you want us to run the run off elections? On the run off > > elections, what is the time period? We would like to see a > > two week time period. A month seems too long. We would > > suggest holding this runoff from Wednesday, August 4th > > through Wednesday, August 18th. > > > > We would like to announce the races that have been decided > > on our original schedule, Monday at 10 PM EST. It would be > > nice to report the runoffs schedule and the results of the > > SW/SC CC Race, if you consider that race to be decided, at > > that time. > > > > Thanks for your support, > > The Election Committee -- email:jzsed@slic.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~jzed/home.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndpembin/pembina.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndramsey/ramsey.htm