The Reason I Have Been Silent.

[Lisa D]

243. I think we agree more than we disagree.

I agreed there should be an election for a new host. But I was quoting a former host who, when asked who could vote said: "people who post in the gorup discussing feminist issues and people that have membership
prior to the day elections started. does that sound fair? "

While I agreed with the part about having prior membership, I'm not sure how this poster knew who had membership prior to the day the elections started.

In the interest of transparency, here's the link:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11393533#post95

I was perfectly willing to accept the results of the election, even without any clear parameters about how many hosts would be elected, etc., until I learned that not all the votes would count, something that was NEVER mentioned in the OP of the election thread. That caused concern, because I think elections should be transparent.

And I also agree with you that not everyone who subscribes has good intentions. That's why it was suggested by more than one person in the election thread that we wait until the admins could provide a list of members who subscribed to the group BEFORE all this brouhaha happened. That seems like the fairest way to hold an election, doesn't it? But those suggestions were ignored by the people running the election.

The truth is, the election result might have been the same no matter how the votes were counted. But fairness, democracy, and transparency should matter. Especially in a group that's supposed to be a safe haven.