Caryn Ann Harlos: Difference between revisions

At the second sitting of the [[National Convention 2020]], Harlos won re-election to LNC Secretary on the first round with 51.80% of the vote again [[Evan McMahon]] (46.85%) and [[Dave Jones]] (8.31%).  However, it is noted that there was a prior motion to suspend the rules for both the Vice-Chair and Secretary race to conduct both by approval voting and in one round only regardless if anyone received a majority.  However, both [[Caryn Ann Harlos]] and [[Ken Moellman]] did win their races with a majority.  Harlos credits her win to her dedication to stand up for the delegates who wanted an in-person convention in opposition to then-Chair [[Nicholas Sarwark]] as she had a very healthy majority of support from the in-person delegates despite both her and Evan being present in person while she had had only a slight lead with the remote delegates.  Harlos believes this is due to misinformation that she did not support any remote attendance, which she did, and voted for it.  In fact, less than fifteen delegates opposed remote person when the vote came up on the floor.  Like [[Alicia Mattson]] last term, Mr. McMahon was a very competent and worthy competitor.  Because two entirely different voting methods were used, it is impossible to statistically compare the two races, particularly since so many delegates reported voting for both Harlos and McMahon, and it is unknown who would have been chosen had they been only able to to choose one.  In the same way, it is impossible to know what effect that late entrance of [[Dave Jones]] had and whether his votes included either Harlos or McMahon or were for him alone. <ref>Unlike past years, the only records are the tally sheets and not the individual ballots so this post-convention analysis cannot be done as it could have been in years past.</ref>  Mr. McMahon accepted her offer to be her unofficial Assistant Secretary, a role that she has been working on making something official and permanent, similar to the Assistant Treasurer.