A solution? - Send all the ballots a week early via FedEx or UPS to a single Canadian member who can forward each ballot within Canada via first class mail and have the parent club reimburse that member for the cost of postage. Seems that it would not be overly complicated. One package over the border and then the Canadian members have their ballots within days. I must say however, that I very much appreciate your concern for the Canadian voters and appreciate your ideas :-) ....................les almanya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > They would still recieve ballots, and absolutely they have every bit > of rights to vote as anyone else but since noone can guarantee the > postal service in a different country this might be a nice option to > offer so that a member there can be assured to get it, and get it > quickly. > It is just that an option not a requirement and their ballots would > still be mailed like everyone elses if they didn't choose the option. > Instead of shooting down the idea, offer a solution thats better. > Obviously at this point I think we can all agree what we are doing > right now to get the Canadians their fair chance to vote just isn't > working and I don't think it's fair for our PC to endure Overnight > rates back and forth to 100 members every year...................I > love to hear great ideas, I'm not much for sparring, I'm not saying my > idea is carved in stone and perfect,,,,it's just a possible solution > to a problem that exists year after year, and it's a problem that is > rightfully frustrating to our Canadian members........Amy ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================