November 2017 - gpca-votes

[Gpca-votes] IMPORTANT: SGA Voting Closed Early At East Coast Time
by Eric Brooks 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

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 <gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org> 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(a)hotmail.com<mailto:brookse32@hotmail.com> and /or call me at: 415-756-8844 Eric Brooks

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Re: [Gpca-votes] SGA VOTE process
by Eric Brooks 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

Hi Yolanda, all, Because this our first time using OpaVote there were bound to be glitches. The OpaVote software unfortunately did not have a way to extend the vote, and since extending the vote would not have changed the results we decided this round not to extend or redo the vote. However, as I said in a previous email, if people intended to vote and want the count of their votes to be part of the numerical record, we can set up a new vote round just for those who missed Sunday night because the vote closed three hours early. This would not change the results of the election, so the only reason to do it is to show higher and different vote totals for the same result. Anyone who wants to go through this process please contact the Vote Admins. Eric Brooks From: gpca-votes [mailto:gpca-votes-bounces@sfgreens.org] On Behalf Of yolanda catzalco Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 4:00 PM To: gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org Subject: Re: [Gpca-votes] SGA VOTE is in process - it's time to cast your vote! I don't really know the particulars, the specifics, but I wonder why anyone would have to become part of another county/city's Green Party in order to vote. I know that each county/city/town has its own particular conditions, circumstances, etc. I wonder if it's ok to address that concern since it is about this specific voting process. Yolanda Catzalco. Just commenting; maybe voting could be extended because of so many people having difficulty voting; by a day or two. I know it's difficult to vote if you're not too computer literate/savvy. ________________________________ From: gpca-votes <gpca-votes-bounces(a)sfgreens.org<mailto:gpca-votes-bounces@sfgreens.org>> on behalf of C. A. B. <cabouldin(a)msn.com<mailto:cabouldin@msn.com>> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2017 8:16 PM To: gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org<mailto:gpca-votes@sfgreens.org> Subject: Re: [Gpca-votes] SGA VOTE is in process - it's time to cast your vote! There is no button on this email to click to vote. I can't figure out how to get into the new system, and I don't understand why we are being asked to join the San Joaquin County party as part of the process. On 11/17/2017 4:28 PM, GPCA Votes wrote: To all Standing General Assembly (SGA) delegates: This is going out widely, to the GPCA Forum and the SGA email list, to ensure that every SGA delegate has a chance to vote before the end of the voting period on Sunday, November 19, 12:00 midnight. For more information on the 3 votes in this election, see http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_general_info<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sjcgre…>. You should have received an email from OpaVote on Monday, November 13 at about 5:00pm and another reminder (if you had not voted by then) on Thursday, November 16 at about 8:00pm. The upper part of the first email is copied below. There is a VOTE button in the email that you need to click in order to cast your vote. You may need to check your spam folder. Note that this temporary replacement SGA voting system needed to be developed because the new SGA vote administrators were not provided access to the existing cagreens.org<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcagreens.o…> voting system by prior vote administrators. In addition, the prior system was not updated with SGA delegates for the term ending June 30, 2018. For more information on OpaVote please see http://www.fairvote.org/running_ranked_choice_voting_elections_with_opavote<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fairvo…>. If you have any questions or problems, please reply to this email, or to gpca.sga(a)gmail.com<mailto:gpca.sga@gmail.com>. SGA Vote Administrators Victoria Ashley, Solano County Brian Good, Santa Clara County Laura Wells, Alameda County SGA Alternate Vote Administrators Eric Brooks, San Francisco County Mike Goldbeck, San Diego County On Nov 13, 2017, at 5:02 PM, OpaVote Voting Link <noreply(a)opavote.com<mailto:noreply@opavote.com>> wrote: [On Nov 16, 2017, at 8:00 PM, approximately, you should have received another email if you hadn't not yet voted.] SUBJECT: GPCA Standing General Assembly (SGA) November 2017 Election [cpKpn] [OpaVote Online Voting] Dear Voter, This email is being sent to you to allow you to vote for GPCA Standing General Assembly (SGA) November 2017 Election. There are two ranked choice votes for state Coordinating Committee positions, and one vote to approve General Assembly minutes from March 2017. Click on this button to vote:

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[Gpca-votes] Final Results From November 2017 GPCA Standing General Assembly Election
by Eric Brooks 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

Hi again all, Here are the final results for the November 2017 Green Party of California Standing General Assembly election, to fill two Coordinating Committee seats (one female and one male) and to approve the minutes for the March 2017 General Assembly. The election and these results were overseen by the GPCA Vote Administrator Team: Laura Wells, Victoria Ashley, Brett Dixon, Eric Brooks, and Michael Goldbeck. Contact any of the Vote Administrators if you have questions. To view the results online in a more user friendly and interactive format, through which you can explore all of the details of the vote, go to: https://www.opavote.com/results/6330570153918464 *RESULTS – NOVEMBER 2017 GPCA SGA ELECTION* *(1) Election: Female Coordinating Committee Seat (1 seat)* - Deatra Cohen is the winner after counting 75 ballots using San Francisco RCV; receiving 58 votes in the first round and 71 votes after the ranked choice run. *(2) Election: Male Coordinating Committee Seat (1 seat)* - Stephen Zollman is the winner after counting 75 ballots using San Francisco RCV; receiving 52 votes in the first round and 68 votes after the ranked choice run. *(3) Approval: Minutes, General Assembly, March 11-12, 2017* - ‘Yes’ is the winner after counting 75 ballots using Approval Voting; receiving 58 ‘Yes’ votes, 15 ‘Abstain’ votes, and 1 ‘No’ vote. To see and explore in more depth these results online, go to: https://www.opavote.com/results/6330570153918464 Thanks all for participating and for your patience as we adjust to the new voting system. Eric Brooks

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[Gpca-votes] IMPORTANT: SGA Voting Closed Early At East Coast Time
by Eric Brooks 20 Nov '17

20 Nov '17

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

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[Gpca-votes] Please Contact Eric Brooks If You Have Any Problems With Your SGA Vote Tonight
by Eric Brooks 20 Nov '17

20 Nov '17

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(a)hotmail.com<mailto:brookse32@hotmail.com> and /or call me at: 415-756-8844 Eric Brooks

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[Gpca-votes] Follow Up NOTE On Voting: If you have trouble with OpaVote Page Try Google Chrome Browser On A Computer (was SGA VOTE is in process - it's time to cast your vote!)
by Eric Brooks 20 Nov '17

20 Nov '17

Hi all, One quick follow up note on voting. If you are having trouble with your OpaVote page, try copying you voting page link and opening it with the Google Chrome Browser (and on a computer rather than a cell phone). I had some trouble seeing my page properly in FireFox and when I switched to the Chrome browser the page worked fine. Eric Brooks From: gpca-votes [mailto:gpca-votes-bounces@sfgreens.org] On Behalf Of GPCA Votes Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 4:29 PM To: gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org Subject: [Gpca-votes] SGA VOTE is in process - it's time to cast your vote! To all Standing General Assembly (SGA) delegates: This is going out widely, to the GPCA Forum and the SGA email list, to ensure that every SGA delegate has a chance to vote before the end of the voting period on Sunday, November 19, 12:00 midnight. For more information on the 3 votes in this election, see http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_general_info. You should have received an email from OpaVote on Monday, November 13 at about 5:00pm and another reminder (if you had not voted by then) on Thursday, November 16 at about 8:00pm. The upper part of the first email is copied below. There is a VOTE button in the email that you need to click in order to cast your vote. You may need to check your spam folder. Note that this temporary replacement SGA voting system needed to be developed because the new SGA vote administrators were not provided access to the existing cagreens.org<http://cagreens.org> voting system by prior vote administrators. In addition, the prior system was not updated with SGA delegates for the term ending June 30, 2018. For more information on OpaVote please see http://www.fairvote.org/running_ranked_choice_voting_elections_with_opavote. If you have any questions or problems, please reply to this email, or to gpca.sga(a)gmail.com<mailto:gpca.sga@gmail.com>. SGA Vote Administrators Victoria Ashley, Solano County Brian Good, Santa Clara County Laura Wells, Alameda County SGA Alternate Vote Administrators Eric Brooks, San Francisco County Mike Goldbeck, San Diego County On Nov 13, 2017, at 5:02 PM, OpaVote Voting Link <noreply(a)opavote.com<mailto:noreply@opavote.com>> wrote: [On Nov 16, 2017, at 8:00 PM, approximately, you should have received another email if you hadn’t not yet voted.] SUBJECT: GPCA Standing General Assembly (SGA) November 2017 Election [cpKpn] [OpaVote Online Voting] Dear Voter, This email is being sent to you to allow you to vote for GPCA Standing General Assembly (SGA) November 2017 Election. There are two ranked choice votes for state Coordinating Committee positions, and one vote to approve General Assembly minutes from March 2017. Click on this button to vote:

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[Gpca-votes] SGA VOTE is in process - it's time to cast your vote!
by GPCA Votes 19 Nov '17

19 Nov '17

To all Standing General Assembly (SGA) delegates: This is going out widely, to the GPCA Forum and the SGA email list, to ensure that every SGA delegate has a chance to vote before the end of the voting period on Sunday, November 19, 12:00 midnight. For more information on the 3 votes in this election, see http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_general_info. You should have received an email from OpaVote on Monday, November 13 at about 5:00pm and another reminder (if you had not voted by then) on Thursday, November 16 at about 8:00pm. The upper part of the first email is copied below. There is a VOTE button in the email that you need to click in order to cast your vote. You may need to check your spam folder. Note that this temporary replacement SGA voting system needed to be developed because the new SGA vote administrators were not provided access to the existing cagreens.org voting system by prior vote administrators. In addition, the prior system was not updated with SGA delegates for the term ending June 30, 2018. For more information on OpaVote please see http://www.fairvote.org/running_ranked_choice_voting_elections_with_opavote. If you have any questions or problems, please reply to this email, or to gpca.sga(a)gmail.com. SGA Vote Administrators Victoria Ashley, Solano County Brian Good, Santa Clara County Laura Wells, Alameda County SGA Alternate Vote Administrators Eric Brooks, San Francisco County Mike Goldbeck, San Diego County On Nov 13, 2017, at 5:02 PM, OpaVote Voting Link <noreply(a)opavote.com> wrote: [On Nov 16, 2017, at 8:00 PM, approximately, you should have received another email if you hadn’t not yet voted.] SUBJECT: GPCA Standing General Assembly (SGA) November 2017 Election [cpKpn] [image: OpaVote Online Voting] Dear Voter, This email is being sent to you to allow you to vote for GPCA Standing General Assembly (SGA) November 2017 Election. There are two ranked choice votes for state Coordinating Committee positions, and one vote to approve General Assembly minutes from March 2017. Click on this button to vote:

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[Gpca-votes] I’m trying to vote and can’t seem to find a way to do it does anybody have any suggestions as to how this process to vote actually works after you’ve read through the entire minutes postings right now I’m referring to the minutes postings from the Kern County GA that I’m trying to vote to approve
by Wanda Jean Lord 19 Nov '17

19 Nov '17

Sent from my iPhone

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[Gpca-votes] SGA election October 2 to November 19 - SAVE THIS EMAIL
by GPCA Votes 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

Hello Standing General Assembly Delegate, Welcome to the new Green Party of California Standing General Assembly (SGA) email list gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org Please keep this email message handy, and make note of the informational webpage: http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_general_info This email and other forthcoming emails, plus the webpage, will provide you with information you need to know about this SGA election. The SGA election begins on Monday, October 2nd, with a 6-week discussion period. A one-week voting period follows, beginning on Monday, November 13th and ending on November 19th. There are three votes: *(1) Election: Female Coordinating Committee Seat (1)* This item is an unscheduled vacancy for one female seat to fill the remainder of the July 2016 - June 2018 term. http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_cc_vacancy_female *(2) Election: Male Coordinating Committee Seat (1)* This item is an unscheduled vacancy for one male seat to fill the remainder of the July 2016 - June 2018 term. http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_cc_vacancy_male *(3) Approval: Minutes, Bakersfield General Assembly, March 11-12, 2017* http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_minutes_kern_county_general_assembly On October 2nd you will receive emails for each of the votes with detailed information and the six-week discussion will start then on this email list. The one-week voting period will begin on Monday, November 13th, and you will receive instructions on how to cast your votes. Note that this current process is a temporary replacement SGA voting system that should function very much like the one used before. As you see from the banner on the webpages, San Joaquin has generously allowed us to use their website. This new process needed to be developed because the new SGA Vote Administrators were not provided access to the existing cagreens.org voting system by prior vote administrators. In addition, the prior system was not updated with the delegates for the term ending June 30, 2018. Thank you for your participation in the Standing General Assembly. SGA Vote Administrators Victoria Ashley, Solano County Brian Good, Santa Clara County Laura Wells, Alameda County SGA Alternate Vote Administrators Eric Brooks, San Francisco County Mike Goldbeck, San Diego County

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[Gpca-votes] IMPORTANT: GPCA SGA Voters - Check Spam Folder For Voting Instruction Email (was RE: SGA election October 2 to November 19 - SAVE THIS EMAIL)
by Eric Brooks 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

Hi again all, We've discovered that one of the links in the email that was sent out with SGA voting instructions is being filtered by some spam filters. PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS TO MAKE SURE YOU SEE THE EMAIL WITH YOUR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS & LINKS It was sent on: November 13 has the subject: GPCA Standing General Assembly (SGA) November 2017 Election and is from: OpaVote Voting Link <noreply(a)opavote.com> Contact me at brookse32(a)hotmail.com<mailto:brookse32@hotmail.com> if you don't see the vote instruction email and need help finding it. Eric Brooks From: gpca-votes [mailto:gpca-votes-bounces@sfgreens.org] On Behalf Of Eric Brooks Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 11:17 AM To: GPCA Discussion List for SGA Votes <gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org> Subject: Re: [Gpca-votes] SGA election October 2 to November 19 - SAVE THIS EMAIL Each delegate will find a personalized link in the email directing them to vote, that takes you to your personal voting page. Eric Brooks From: gpca-votes [mailto:gpca-votes-bounces@sfgreens.org] On Behalf Of Lauren Mauricio Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 2:38 PM To: gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org<mailto:gpca-votes@sfgreens.org> Subject: Re: [Gpca-votes] SGA election October 2 to November 19 - SAVE THIS EMAIL Hello, How do the delegates cast their votes? Thank you, Lauren Mauricio Tulare County ________________________________ From: gpca-votes <gpca-votes-bounces(a)sfgreens.org<mailto:gpca-votes-bounces@sfgreens.org>> on behalf of GPCA Votes <gpca.votes(a)gmail.com<mailto:gpca.votes@gmail.com>> Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 1:31 PM To: gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org<mailto:gpca-votes@sfgreens.org> Subject: [Gpca-votes] SGA election October 2 to November 19 - SAVE THIS EMAIL Hello Standing General Assembly Delegate, Welcome to the new Green Party of California Standing General Assembly (SGA) email list gpca-votes(a)sfgreens.org<mailto:gpca-votes@sfgreens.org> Please keep this email message handy, and make note of the informational webpage: http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_general_info This email and other forthcoming emails, plus the webpage, will provide you with information you need to know about this SGA election. The SGA election begins on Monday, October 2nd, with a 6-week discussion period. A one-week voting period follows, beginning on Monday, November 13th and ending on November 19th. There are three votes: (1) Election: Female Coordinating Committee Seat (1) This item is an unscheduled vacancy for one female seat to fill the remainder of the July 2016 - June 2018 term. http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_cc_vacancy_female (2) Election: Male Coordinating Committee Seat (1) This item is an unscheduled vacancy for one male seat to fill the remainder of the July 2016 - June 2018 term. http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_cc_vacancy_male (3) Approval: Minutes, Bakersfield General Assembly, March 11-12, 2017 http://www.sjcgreens.org/sga_vote_minutes_kern_county_general_assembly On October 2nd you will receive emails for each of the votes with detailed information and the six-week discussion will start then on this email list. The one-week voting period will begin on Monday, November 13th, and you will receive instructions on how to cast your votes. Note that this current process is a temporary replacement SGA voting system that should function very much like the one used before. As you see from the banner on the webpages, San Joaquin has generously allowed us to use their website. This new process needed to be developed because the new SGA Vote Administrators were not provided access to the existing cagreens.org<http://cagreens.org> voting system by prior vote administrators. In addition, the prior system was not updated with the delegates for the term ending June 30, 2018. Thank you for your participation in the Standing General Assembly. SGA Vote Administrators Victoria Ashley, Solano County Brian Good, Santa Clara County Laura Wells, Alameda County SGA Alternate Vote Administrators Eric Brooks, San Francisco County Mike Goldbeck, San Diego County

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