Hi Patty - Here's how DCA does it.> By a ballot mailed from the club election committee? - Ballots are mailed FROM the Corresponding Secretary.> > Is your ballot sent from a ballot company? - Mailed back to an independent clearing house. Barbara does ALL of our ballots and votes - I think she does several other clubs too and has been doing DCA for years (not sure how many, but 10? at least).> Do you only vote at your national? - No voting at the National - there is a board meeting and the Annual Meeting which mostly is done to keep us up to date on things, answer questions, etc. Everything is done through the mail. > We have to sign the front of the envelope...if its not signed its not > > valid....Does Election services have a copy of all of our signatures? - We have to sign also - not sure how ours is validated though. > Has the club always used a ballot company, if not when and why did we start > > using one? - We have used one as long as I can remember - keeps things honest. Our votes have always been clean though we have had the board slip some things through over the years... and I have only heard good things about Barb the Ballot Lady. Jess Mac Paisley Dals (www.paisleydals.com) & The Shepherd Girls _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play Star Shuffle: the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_oct ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================