Originally Posted by
Spaceman Spliff
Once again, ALPA national drops the ball. It doesn't even take 10 minutes to vote for the President of the United States. Yet somehow, ALPA is incapable of instituting a secure, usable voting mechanism. Those guys are getting WAY too much of our money.
This has nothing to do with ALPA national. Apparently, a law went into effect that prohibits unions from holding their own elections. This is done through an independent firm and the law prevents using your union information to register the vote. Our MEC wishes they could go back to the old process because they feel the turnout would be better. The problem is that many people, myself included, forgot where we recorded our registration information. Its a very simple process but it does take about 10 minutes to do. Unfortunately, many people are choosing not to take 10 minutes out of their lives to vote on something that will affect the rest of their careers. Like I said, I can handle debating how you voted, just vote!