I appreciate that, but why do they just refuse to publish info in the first place? Why not just be open and transparent without being asked? Is it that difficult? Hint: It shouldn't be.

So assume 800 for each of the four unopposed elections, plus a shade over 2,000 for the one contested election, and you have 5,200 out of 100,000 members casting votes. Hardly a model of engagement. So perhaps you're right.

Yep. And the smaller the numbers, the easier it is to "influence" the outcome. Hence greater reason for OUTSIDE tabulation.

Also, AMA structures the requirements to run for office in a way that virtually ensures you get homogeneous thinking even when they're contested. And as noted in another thread, even IF someone slips through that dares to question the prevailing views of the sitting cabal, then the President and the EVP will use their columns in the organization's official publication to drive encourage votes against you (in favor of views that align with theirs). I still cannot believe the remaining EC members have not sanctioned them for doing that. But then again, if the other EC members were also stakeholders in preserving status quo, then that explains a lot. All carefully structured and operated to keep the unwashed masses at bay. "How can we dare even contemplate alternative views? Those are dangerous to our control!"