First Election Note
Apparently, my opponent wishes to blame the first election mess on me, because I was “not prepared” for it. Fascinating. His facts are skewed once again.
The Secretary of the union has borne primary responsibility for Elections since this union was formed. Tracy Bartell, the former secretary, can tell you what she did to prepare for elections and organize them in accord with the By-Laws.
Before June 26, 2008, I started urging the Secretary to prepare for the Fall Elections. Throughout July and August, she and I discussed preparation of the ballot envelopes. Those ballot envelopes were delivered to her the morning of September 14, 2008. I expected her to vet them for security features and By-law compliance before she mailed them out on September 19, 2008. They were out of my hands at that point, six days before they were mailed.
First Election Note
Although nominating petitions were due and delivered to the Secretary on August 25, 2008, I first discovered that I had an opponent on September 10, 2008, some 16 days later.
Why the potential for problems in a race between two energetic and aggressive candidates was not brought to the Board of Directors as soon as possible, I do not know.
I do know that the opportunity to secure the ballots and ensure the accuracy of a first count was lost.
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