1 thoughts on “No answers from CBWRA on the dodgy Chair 2024 elections, even dodgier than the 2023 Chair elections?”
Michael O'Driscoll on said:
By ‘dodgy’ I mean that one potential candidate is banned from the CBW app for political reasons and so prevents a fair contest. In addition CBWRA committee refuse to even answer queries about why manifestos will only be circulated when voting opens and why there is no meeting between candidates until half way through the voting period, (if it happens at all). There is no comment on where the meeting will be made available online (it was not last time and neither were any notes or account of the meeting made available to residents who could not attend).
In addition a decision has been made, unlike any previous election, to restrict voting to leaseholders who are paid up members of CBWRA. This is likely to reduce an already very low turnout (just 350 votes in 2023 from 1150 properties approx) even further. This strikes me as being akin to ‘voter photo ID’ or ‘strikeoff’ strategies used by some governments.
There is no means for a debate between the candidates or any policies / issues. This means that, as in 2023, it is not a genuine or fair electoral process in my opinion.
By ‘dodgy’ I mean that one potential candidate is banned from the CBW app for political reasons and so prevents a fair contest. In addition CBWRA committee refuse to even answer queries about why manifestos will only be circulated when voting opens and why there is no meeting between candidates until half way through the voting period, (if it happens at all). There is no comment on where the meeting will be made available online (it was not last time and neither were any notes or account of the meeting made available to residents who could not attend).
In addition a decision has been made, unlike any previous election, to restrict voting to leaseholders who are paid up members of CBWRA. This is likely to reduce an already very low turnout (just 350 votes in 2023 from 1150 properties approx) even further. This strikes me as being akin to ‘voter photo ID’ or ‘strikeoff’ strategies used by some governments.
There is no means for a debate between the candidates or any policies / issues. This means that, as in 2023, it is not a genuine or fair electoral process in my opinion.
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