66 players
5 non-players
18 proxies
This makes a total of 89,
which is the maximum number of possible voters. Players are members attending
the main function of the day, which is a tournament named “The AGM Tournament”.
The AGM of this organisation has traditionally been a few-minute affair intentionally
squeezed as a quicky between two tournament games, where members usually rubber stamped,
with a quick show of hands, all what would had been offered for them to accept. No
business was allowed to arise on the day, and discussion was curtailed or gagged.
Non-players came
specifically for the AGM. They did not take part in the free tournament.
As to proxies, I am not
aware of any system that could have made them foolproof, out of the hands of
vested interest.
Video Clip 2
Video Clip 2 shows,
among other things, a reluctance to declare the numbers of the secret-ballot vote
for president. But under pressure those numbers were declared as:
79 for first candidate
9 votes for second candidate
2 abstentions
This makes a total of 90 voters,
which is one voter more than the ultimate possible maximum. Forget about members
who could have wandered off the scene. Just assume that
EVERYBODY cast a vote. We still have a discrepancy of one extra vote. It might be a trivial number, but it is symbolic of a shabby affair.
Some might argue that I
was one of the scrutineers. This is true, but my role was to count pieces of
paper. I had no idea about how they were collected, or the remote possibility
of tampering with them before they reached me.
