[GSA Council] Concerns regarding votes

Tue Mar 31 19:38:05 PDT 2015

Hello everyone,

First of all, I would like to once again thank Council, and especially the
Hiring Committee, for recognizing the skills and experience I bring to the
job of Chief Returning Officer. Aside from my GSA experience, it's
important to mention in particular the many many federal and provincial
elections in which I have worked.

What you are seeing is much of the expertise I have acquired from those
elections, and many of the best practices I have learned from their
standard procedures, applied to this year's GSA election.

I understand that many people may not be used to these procedures, but it
is the only way I can assure you that this year's election is free and fair.

My poll clerks have been working very hard under a very demanding CRO, and
I am not willing to put them in a position that would increase the
likelihood of them making mistakes.

We could have 2 people voting at once at a polling station. In fact, we
could have 10 people voting at once at a polling station. But this would
simply multiply by 2, or by 10, the risk of my poll clerks making mistakes.

It would also increase the likelihood of cheating, increase the likelihood
of the election results being contested, and increase the likelihood of the
whole thing being overturned. And I'm not willing to do that. Would you if
you were in my position?

Please feel free to email me with any other comments or suggestions you may
have.

*Jon Summers*
*Chief Returning Officer (CRO), GSA Election 2015*

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:22 PM, korosh <k_kooche at encs.concordia.ca> wrote:

> I agree with the Mathilde suggestion.
>
>
>
> *From:* Houda MADNOUNE [mailto:president at gsaconcordia.ca]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 31, 2015 12:14 PM
> *To:* Mathilde Mbom
> *Cc:* GSA Chief Returning Officer; korosh; Liz Colford; external at csu.qc.ca;
> Gsaconcordia at lists.resist.ca; Rohit Patil
>
> *Subject:* Re: [GSA Council] Concerns regarding votes
>
>
>
> hello Jon ,
>
> I know your having a difficult task to accomplish ,but as Mathilde
> suggested and if it possible for you  to add another voting space in the
> voting stations , just to reduce the waiting time and make  the process
> faster by casting votes from 2 people at the same time , still the voting
> officer will have enough time to check the votes ,
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Mathilde Mbom <mathildembom at yahoo.ca>
> wrote:
>
> Hello Jon,
>
>
>
> Thanks for the tips to smooth the voting process in EV and H.
>
>
>
>  I know you are the CRO and that you are the boss in this election
>  process but can I just suggest that you add another voting booth(the
> hidden place where people actually vote)?  The voting process could go
> twice faster and there is nothing is the Bylaws that states that there
> should be a minimum of 2 people on voting booth. You probably just need
> another table for the carton paper to stand on it. Transferring people to
> other polling stations will reduce the impact of the issue, but i also
> think that the voting speed at a specific polling station can also be
> increased by the suggestion I just made.
>
>
>
> Thank you for taking that into consideration,
>
>
>
> Mathilde
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> *From*:"GSA Chief Returning Officer" <gsaelection2015 at gmail.com>
> *Date*:Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 13:58
> *Subject*:Re: [GSA Council] Concerns regarding votes
>
> Hi Korosh,
>
>
>
> There were some technical issues at the EV building at the beginning of
> the day. Such issues are to be expected as a normal part of the process.
> They have been resolved.
>
>
>
> While these issues were ongoing, we made it very clear that people could
> vote in the MB, H, and LB buildings. Therefore I see no reason to extend
> the voting period or delay the counting of the ballots.
>
>
>
>
> *Jon Summers*
>
> *Chief Returning Officer (CRO), GSA Election 2015*
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:58 AM, korosh <k_kooche at encs.concordia.ca>
> wrote:
>
> I went to vote at EV but they told me voting cannot be done in EV because
> of technical problem.
>
> I want to have CRO response regarding the problem happened it means almost
> 2 and half hour
>
> Without any voting in EV building.
>
>
>
> I think extension for half a day on 1  is a good idea in EV building at
> least.
>
>
>
> *From:* Gsaconcordia [mailto:gsaconcordia-bounces at lists.resist.ca
> <gsaconcordia-bounces at lists.resist.ca>] *On Behalf Of *Houda MADNOUNE
> *Sent:* Friday, March 13, 2015 11:09 AM
> *To:* Gsaconcordia at lists.resist.ca
> *Cc:* Liz Colford; external at csu.qc.ca
> *Subject:* Re: [GSA Council] Hiring committee metting
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> The hiring committee met this morning , and we hired Jonathan Summers as
> CRO,
>
> Congratulations Jon.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 10:31 PM, Houda MADNOUNE <president at gsaconcordia.ca>
> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I mentioned in my report that we need to Hire a CRO early this week and we
> have only 3 people in the hiring committee who are not running and the
> quorum for that committee is 5 , unfortunately you did not address this
> issue today , and only Isabelle Ribal an I are available tomorrow or
> Wednesday for Hiring the CRO , any suggestion ???
>
>
>
>
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