[TheForge] Elections

[GHS]

It ain't REALLY a raffle dontcha know.

I said raffle not them.
There is no direct connection between money expended for membership and the
anvil. For the $ there is membership, magazines etc.
Absent financial consideration it is not a raffle. Even if it does work out
on the plus side for membership dues coming in.

I think one would have to prove that the relationship was intentionally
causal, not just potentially there.

This is much more in line with putting up a notice that anyone interested in
this here anvil send in a note and a drawing will be held. In this case the
note is the ballot.

Handling the "secrecy" issue is interesting. Not that I would care much one
way or the other.
I am just happy that there seems to be more seekers than offices this time.

Mike Graf

George Dixon wrote:

> Hi,
> I am curious about the decision to turn the abana election into a raffle.
> This would mean signed ballots which seems antithetical to the American
> tradition of the secret ballot.
>
> I am also curious about the issue of state by state regulations
> regarding such a raffle.
> Are international members of abana eligible?  If so, does this
> 'raffle'-election comport with the laws
> of the nations involved?
>
> ABANA has gotten in trouble in the past with both state and federal
> agencies from
> failure to comply with regulations.  ABANA has also had some close calls
> for similar reasons.
> It would be unfortunate if this election-raffle takes us there again.
>
> George Dixon
>
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