Originally Posted by
mongo
MY STATEMENT WAS THAT "ONE COULD" SAY,
not that i think that this is what they think..
now, sitting on the boards of, well more than 1, NFP, i can say, that we always have numerical ID on every ballot, it is actually very common. in the case of the ones i am involved with, that id is not attached to a name, just the card. the id is read by machine before anyone looks at the ballot to insure that it was a card sent out and not a good imitation. i do not know if this is how AMA handles their ballots. i do believe that this was the method used buy the out of house firm that handled our election stuff for years.
i well remember the election hoss won by write in, the ballots were sent to hq and counted in house. it was announced that someone else had won the spot, some days later a box of ballots was found that had not been counted and, guess what, the results were radicaly changed and they had to re announce for HC.
that election is the one that caused the out of house counting that lasted until a couple of years ago.
Thank You Mongo for this post , If the serial number is as normal as you say then I have no problem taking your word for it . I too remember the Hoss election debacle , and now knowing that they are counted in house and if you notice the tear off part that don't get sent in does have our name & AMA number on it , it would seem all too easy to have the computer that generated the ballots keep track of which person's ballot came back voting for which candidate . I do like your anti counterfeiting theory better than my "they are watching" theory , but I'll bet the temptation of looking into the computer to see who voted for who must be huge !
And to answer Porcia's bet request , If I had to bet it is my belief that Rich Hanson will be elected . If you noticed my picture in post #1 I still hadn't voted yet , my two choices in the split decision being either Rich or a write in vote for Frank . And of course that's not a knock at the other two gents either , I really DO feel that any one of the four would make a fine AMA president and I really do wish we had such great candidates running for the US presidency . At times , the "take the bull by the horns" impression I get of Frank makes me want to vote for him . And then at other times I think that the "been there , done that , got the T shirt" experience of Rich in his FAA dealings makes him the best fit . And I go back & fourth (depending on mood) and so the ballot waits .......