Bob
Incumbant DVPs that are trying to get reelected can stay in the closed door nomination>ballot (who gets on ballot) while the other candidates for that seat have to step out. Home field advantage?
No one has to step out, KE. The only DVP candidate that could be there is the incumbant. If you're talking about a national office, I see nothing that says that the incumbant can stay but a non-incombant must leave.
Perhaps you should be a Jr High English teacher, this fixation on semantics would serve you well.
You are so right, I was WAAAAYY off base saying 'Step Out'
the non-EC candidate is never admited to the closed door part of that days EC hootenanny in the first place.
At least thats what the word on the street is,
and by Word On The Street I mean Hoss very clearly has said time & time again here how he and DM were member nominated last year... well, Hoss can explain it well:
"The fact that in 2007, I was at the EC meeting when the meeting recessed for the NC to select the 3 for the ballot. I was NOT allowed to attend that meeting, yet said meeting lasted only some 15 minutes while the EC/NC selected 3 of their own for the ballot."
Now, another member nominated candidate
was allowed in that closed door dealie, but not Hoss,
because he was on the EC while was running for AMA office
that other candidate could be in the SECRET selection of who wont be on the ballot .... turns out the candidate that wasnt admitted to the closed door was held off the ballot while the candidate that was in the closed door was on the ballot.
Perhaps if all candidates could attend in a non-voting fashion
a nominating committe guy might not mention not even knowing what AMA seats the booted candidate held.
Hard to know for sure, since the candidates only see a closed door
... well, what
some of the candidates see, cause other candidates for that seat are inside that closed door.