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Re: Non-Constitutional Voting Procedure



On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 06:24:54PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> > You can't because it ain't there.  The only thing the constitution says
> > about any of this is that the secretary may make a decision.  Apparently,
> > that decision need not be otherwise constitutional.  I don't believe this
> > was intended.  I don't believe it's right.  And I'll be damned if I'm
> > going to simply ignore this precedent.
> 
> Oh, the secretary's decision can be overridden.  You don't need to
> argue that it's unconstitutional, you just need to pass the relevant
> GR, or amendment, or whatever is appropriate, to cause the precedent
> to be overridden.

The vote wouldn't take place until after this one was finished, making it
somewhat a moot point, would it not?

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