ORIGINAL: Bob Mitchell
ORIGINAL: KidEpoxy
Plurality vs Majority
realli seems less important when only 7% of members return votes.
Consider someone getting just 34% of the vote of a 10% return... 3.4% of members
vs
someone getting 51% of a 7% return... 3.5+% of members
either way you look at it, hardly anyone of the membership wanted them enough to vote for them.
What you are saying is not without merit. I'm still not comfortable with putting someone in office, be it AMA or whatever, with with such a small percentage of votes cast. (Going back to my example of just 4 candidates)
Any comments on the nominating procedures themselves?
What KE is saying is the way it is, whether or not you are comfortable with it. AMA elections are determined by a plurality, not majority vote. I don't know how long it has been that way, but I'm pretty certain there has not been a run off election in the past four decades.
Abel