I don't know. Last election cycle I ran for our county clerk, this required a bit of research into electronic voting. It has its problems too.(I will not take the space to go into them here) I think a combination of both would do it. Electronically for those who wanted to and mail in ballots for those who cound not or would not use electronic means. The mail in ballots could be made available earlier than they currently are to help aleviate the stress of "on time". Further I think the club could elect its' own equivelent to the "county clerk". An election official who's job it was to run and tabulate the election. Not a voting member of the board and elected on a different cycle. Do it in house instead of contracting it out to any one. After all the company we currently contract with SHOULD have forseen this problem and avoided it. Would be a lot cleaner and save the club a good deal of money to boot. JMO Oak Oak Ridge German Shepherds Dedicated to the German Shepherd Dog Signers GSDCA Breeders Code of Ethics ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================