[Gpca-votes] IMPORTANT: SGA Voting Closed Early At East Coast Time
Nicole Castor
nmcastorsilva at gmail.com
Tue Jan 30 13:22:14 PST 2018
On Jan 30, 2018 10:28 AM, "Eric Brooks" <brookse32 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> This is incorrect.
>
> 1) All active counties were contacted, and all delegates were contacted.
*Apparently Napa County was not, and possibly others.
>
> 2) All delegates, counties and applicants received the same instructions.
*Absolutely incorrect. It was stated on one of these threads that the
reason my and others' cc applications were not received was because we did
not copy the email to someone other than applications at cagreens... I have
the original announcement with the instructions to send to "applications"
only.
>
> 3) Spokespersons are not barred from personally supporting specific
candidates.
*Spokespersons are not technically barred from doing anything besides what
the actual law mandates. There are no specific bylaws which govern them. I
did not make such a claim. I stated that it is a conflict of interest,
which it is.
>
> 4) With regard to the problem of the vote closing 3 hours early, my email
clearly noted that problem and specifically called on anyone who had not
voted by the deadline and who wanted their votes to be counted, to email a
reply saying so. No one responded to request this so we didn’t do an
adjusted count. And as I noted before and Nicole just reiterated, and
adjusted count would not have changed the results.
*It makes no difference whether or not anyone had an issue with this. What
I said is that the results are not valid; the statistics are inaccurate.
Besides this, people should not have to be asked if something is "okay."
Are you certain everyone saw your message? Are you certain everyone felt
comfortable speaking up? They shouldn't have to because the vote should
have been done correctly.
>
> It is also important remind everyone that the reason we were forced to
switch to a new voting system (with inevitable first time glitches) is that
the previous Vote Administrators refused to provide the *new* Vote
Administrators access to the controls of the existing voting system and SGA
email list.
*Please provide verification- until then, it is only hearsay. It is my
understanding that attempts were made to communicate but that the new SGA
Admins were determined to use different systems.
*-Nicole
>
> Eric Brooks
>
>
>
> From: gpca-votes [mailto:gpca-votes-bounces at sfgreens.org] On Behalf Of
Nicole Castor
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2018 9:32 PM
>
> To: GPCA Discussion List for SGA Votes <gpca-votes at sfgreens.org>
> Subject: Re: [Gpca-votes] IMPORTANT: SGA Voting Closed Early At East
Coast Time
>
>
>
> In Anticipation of the Upcoming SGA Election,
>
> I am rehashing this thread to bring up an important point before we
approach the next vote.
>
> I wanted to raise this concern when this thread was active, however,
numerous problems with the last vote made me not even want to bother:
>
> *Several people were left off the original ballot announcement, having
not recieved special, exclusive instructions to cc applications to an
additional email address, but instead, followed the explicit instructions
included on the inform list announcement for CC elections
>
> *The voting page was sent out from a gmail address rather than an
official gpca-dot-org address
>
> *A GPCA Spokesperson showed public support for one candidate over
another, which is a conflict of interest
>
> *At least one active county was not informed of the SGA
>
> *Finally, this email thread explains the voting deadline had not been set
to Pacific time, and some delegates were left out of the vote
>
> Eric Brooks explains that the numbers did not matter because the results
already showed the winners, regardless. I understand that this would be
correct but the concern I kept to myself at that time was that the actual
statistics would not be recorded accurately.
>
> This might not seem like a big deal but for a party which boasts voting
integrity and all related issues, this lack of concern of such things
should be addressed.
>
> If statistics of the results were used in citation, afterward, that
citation would not be valid. In other words, one could not legitimately
claim one candidate received x-percent of a vote because the voting was
never complete.
>
> Integrity is doing the right thing, even when it seems it doesn't matter-
not just when it's convenient, or benefits your agenda. This and future
internal party elections should reflect this.
>
> -Nicole Castor
> GP Sacramento County
>
> PS
> I would also like to take this opportunity to reach out to anyone who may
have any questions concerning me, or the work I do on our County Council. I
have been rather surprised and disturbed by some of the things I have been
hearing coming back to me lately. I prefer to address issues, rather than
whisper behind backs because addressing is the only way to actually have
the possibility of an explanation.
>
> On Nov 20, 2017 5:59 PM, "C. A. B." <cabouldin at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>> So do we have to go back on the OpaVote to see the results or will they
be sent out?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/20/2017 11:59 AM, R Schwichtenberg wrote:
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>>> Content preview: Eric, please open the 🗳 vote box for me... Rj
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>>> Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 20, 2017, at 7:39 AM, Bob Marsh wrote:
> > Eric,
>>> > Is there a way to see the results like there was with the old
system? >
>>> > Bob > > >> On Nov 19, 2017, at 21:25, Eric Brooks wrote: >> >> Hi
again
>>> all, >> >> The Vote Admins have just discovered that the SGA voting
software
>>> closed the vote at midnight *East* coast time rather than west coast
time.
>>> >> >> *HOWEVER* if you did not get a chance to vote and were
planning to
>>> just before midnight please note that both winning candidates had
already
>>> received enough first round votes by the time the vote was closed,
that even
>>> if any one other candidate had received all remaining votes, the
candidates
>>> who won tonight would still have won - so the early closing of
voting will
>>> not affect the actual results. >> >> *IMPORTANT* If you still wish
to have
>>> your votes counted in the anonymous totals so that they change the
totals
>>> (even though this will not change the results) reply to this email
by midnight
>>> tonight and we will arrange for your votes to be included in the
totals.
>>> >> >> Sorry for any difficulties you had personally with the OpaVote
system.
>>> This is our first time using this new voting software and there were
bound
>>> to be some bugs. >> >> Eric Brooks >> >> From: Eric Brooks >> Sent:
Sunday,
>>> November 19, 2017 8:46 PM >> To: GPCA Discussion List for SGA Votes
>> Subject:
>>> Please Contact Eric Brooks If You Have Any Problems With Your SGA
Vote Tonight
>>> >> >> Hi all, >> >> I am available all night tonight for anyone who
has problems
>>> voting on the OpaVote site in the SGA election. >> >> I’ll be
sending out
>>> a vote reminder at 9pm which all of you who have not yet voted
should receive
>>> (CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS IF YOU DON’T SEE IT). >> >> *TO CONTACT
ME* >>
>>> >> Email me at: brookse32 at hotmail.com >> >> and /or call me at: >> >>
415-756-8844 <(415)%20756-8844>
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