{"id":8635,"date":"2019-10-16T05:49:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T10:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=8635"},"modified":"2019-10-16T05:49:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T10:49:53","slug":"2019-arrl-west-gulf-division-ballot-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=8635","title":{"rendered":"2019 ARRL West Gulf Division Ballot Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">2019 ARRL West Gulf Division Ballot Process<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">The paper ballots for the election of the ARRL West Gulf Division Director were mailed on September 30, 2019 by third-class mail.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">The envelope containing your ballot should arrive within the next 3-5 days. (<em>Note: original date of this email was 10\/7\/2019<\/em>).  Along with the paper ballot will be a self-addressed ballot return envelope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your marked ballot MUST be returned in the enclosed self-addressed ballot return envelope. <\/strong>If it is not, your ballot will not be counted, even if it is received. The purpose of requiring the use of the provided self-addressed ballot return envelope is to maintain election security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\"><strong>There is no online voting. <\/strong>Voting may only occur by use of the paperballot provided.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\"><strong>If you, or a family member, have not received your ballot<\/strong> by the close of business on October 14, 2019, please send two separate emails stating you have not received your ballot and requesting that a ballot be sent to you, to: (1) Dan Henderson at<span> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"mailto:n1nd@arrl.org\" style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">n1nd@arrl.org<\/a><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">; and (2) Lee Cooper,<\/span><a href=\"mailto:W5LHC01@gmail.com\" style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">W5LHC01@gmail.com<\/a><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">.<\/p>\n<p>Sending two emails acts as a cross-check to ensure the ARRL has received notice that you did not receive a ballot and that you are requesting a ballot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">All ballots, in the provided self-addressed ballot return envelopes <strong>MUST be RECEIVED<\/strong> on or before noon, November 15, 2019. Please allow sufficient time before November 15, 2019 for your ballot to be received.  All late ballots will not be counted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\"><strong>Voting is a right unique <\/strong>to free men and women. Please exercise your right, and vote for the candidate of your choice in the ARRL West GulfDivision Director Election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">If you have questions regarding the voting process, please contact DanHenderson, N1ND, at ARRL HQ,<span> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"tel:18605940200\" style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">1-860-594-0200<\/a><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\"><span> <\/span>or at <span> <\/span><\/span><a href=\"mailto:n1nd@arrl.org\" style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">n1nd@arrl.org<\/a><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; display:inline!important; float:none; text-align:left;\">John Robert Stratton N5AUS<\/p>\n<p>ARRL West Gulf Division Director<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2019 ARRL West Gulf Division Ballot Process The paper ballots for the election of the ARRL West Gulf Division Director were mailed on September 30, 2019 by third-class mail. The envelope containing your ballot should arrive within the next 3-5 days. (Note: original date of this email was 10\/7\/2019). 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