[HCARC] Fwd: No Ballot Received de W4WJ

[DON MURRAY]

More on the Missing Ballots!

73DonW4WJ

From: dhenderson at arrl.org
To: w4wj at aol.com
Sent: 10/16/2019 11:08:26 AM Central Standard Time
Subject: RE: No Ballot Received de W4WJ


Wednesday October 16, 2019

 

ARRL has become aware of a mail delivery problem affecting the ARRL Board of Director election ballots sent to members in part of the West Gulf Division. Recent flooding has affected some US Postal Service distribution centers in the Houston region of the state, damaging some sorting machines. This is delaying delivery to many members in that area.  They are processing mail out, but there are delays in processing out bulk mail, which include the ballots.  We are aware that ballots are being processed as part of their work flow, but they cannot give us a definitive date of when they will all be out for delivery. 

 

All ballots were mailed from Hartford on Monday September 30 as required by the Articles of Association/By-Laws. Ballots to most of the West Gulf Division were delivered in the usual time frame, which is generally 10 to 14 days.

 

We have received numerous requests for replacement ballots. We also have member notifications sent after making the replacement ballot request to inform us the ballot had arrived. We ask ARRL members to be patient.

 

If you still do not receive your ballot by Monday October 21, 2019, please send a request for a new ballot to n1nd at arrl.org. The ARRL HQ will process out replacement requests on Tuesday October 22, 2019 via first class mail and daily as later requests come in. That will allow 3+ weeks (24 days) for the replacement to be delivered to you and allowing for their return to ARRL’s accounting firm of CohnReznick LLP by the noon on Friday November 15, 2019 deadline.

 

There is no deadline for requesting a replacement ballot. Also, there is no deadline for you to have received your ballot in order to be eligible to vote. Please note that all replacement requests need to be in writing (email is fine) but must directly come from the ARRL member.  Third-party requests cannot be processed.

 

If you have already requested a replacement ballot but still haven’t received the original ballot by October 21st, you will need re-confirm your need for a replacement by email to n1nd at arrl.org. If your original ballot is received before that time, we also ask you confirm that to n1nd at arrl.org so that your request can be closed.

 

We thank you for your patience in this unusual situation.  If you have any questions, please contact ARRL Assistant Secretary Dan Henderson, N1ND, at n1nd at arrl.org or by phone at 860-594-0236.

 

 

Dan Henderson, N1ND

Assistant Secretary – American Radio Relay League, Inc.

Regulatory Information Manager

ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio ®

860-594-0236

dhenderson at arrl.org

 

From: DON MURRAY <w4wj at aol.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 3:10 AM
To: Henderson, Dan N1ND <dhenderson at arrl.org>
Subject: No Ballot Received de W4WJ

 

Dan...

 


No Ballot Received as of 15 OCT 2019

 


Please send a replacement.

 


TNX...

 


73

Don Murray W4WJ

35 McCullough Burrer Rd

Fredericksburg, TX 78624