kmfkm@ptw.com wrote: Please share this with your CCs. Thank you.. We will be running a test on the list of USGW members that we will be using for the July Elections for National Coordinator and the Bylaws. We want to make sure that we have everyone on the list, and that everyone's email address is correct. The test will be tomorrow, June 25, 1998. If you do not recieve a message from CAMPAIGN98-L-ANNOUNCE by Friday morning, please contact your State Coordinator, who will contact the Election committee. This list is an "announce" list and does not accept replies. I guess I ought to explain the voting lists that we will be using.. there will be nine (9) lists in all.. 1) The National Coordinator/Bylaws ballot.. everyone will get a will be on this list. 2) The State Coordinators ballots.. there will be four (4) lists, one for each region. 3) The County Coordinator ballots.. there will be four (4) lists, one for each region. I am going to send a "test" mailing on the NC/Bylaws list tomorrow. This will let us know that we have everyone on the list, and that we have good email addresses for everyone. Of course, there are still several people for whom we have NO email address..<grin> we're still working on this, however. We will forward all bounced email to the appropriate SC for action. I'm also going to send an announcement for you to share with your CCs. BTW, the list I will be using is an "announce" list, and does not accept replies. The voting process goes like this. We will be using software called UseVote. We provide a list of voters, and it sends out the ballots.. and receives the completed ballots. At the end of the election period, the vote counting software takes over, and counts the ballots. There are a few things to remember about UseVote.. 1) It will only accept ballots from email addresses that were on the list that it was given.. everyone must vote from the address we have on the list. 2) It will not accept "write-in" ballots. 3) You can vote more than once, but, when the second (and each subsequent) ballot is received, the first (or previous) ballot is invalidated, and the new ballot will be counted. Thank you, Kay Mason Elections Committee The USGenWeb Project