Dykes Medal
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Dykes Medal
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 10:18:58 -0500
Kathy wrote:
Re: the AIS Ballot - I would hope that rather than people considering it
'rigged', perhaps we can expand our sights to consider a NON tall bearded...
or (she ventures) a NON BEARDED iris for this great honor..... like Jewelled
Crown. It shouldn't be that the only TB eligible is the one iris to vote
for!
We ARE the American Iris Society
My response:
I never meant to intend that the balloting is 'rigged", or in any way
dishonest. I do think that the present system was not thought out completely
and is flawed.
Certainly we should vote for worthy non-tb's. The problem is that the non-tb
vote will be split 36 ways and the tb will always win.
It is a principle of fair electioneering that when no candidate receives a
majority of votes a runoff election should take place between the top two
finishers. For example, if there are 3 candidates, A, B1, and B2, and A gets
40% of the vote, B1 gets 30% and B2 gets 20%, a runoff election will give
those who voted for B2 a chance to show they would prefer B1 to A.
A runoff would truly give a non TB a chance to win the Dykes.
-Lowell Baumunk
