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Old 04-08-2008, 04:08 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bob FM View Post

Call me naive but surely the Chairman of each branch would tell their members. If we had a candidate standing in more than one area, I would not only write to every member and go much further and advise them to seriously consider whether they should support such a candidate, because frankly I would personally view that as someone simply wanting to join the EU gravy train at any cost. Someone I would never vote for personally.
Good for you, Bob. I wouldn't dream of calling you naive. Unfortunately, the rules were not drawn up for you personally and I wonder how many other branch chairmen are themselves unaware that candidates for their region are on more than one shortlist? Also, it's not the duty of branch chairmen to advise members who to vote for, or to expend branch resources correcting deficiencies in the way the election is run.
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