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On Oct 4, 2016, at 4:21 PM, Doug Hellmann <doug at doughellmann.com> wrote:

>> 1) Allow time between the nominations and the voting. Half of the candidates don’t announce until the last day or two, and that doesn’t leave very much time to get to know them.
> 
> It seems like a reasonable idea, but why limit the period where we
> discuss these "big issues" to a week or so every 6 months?

Well, we can (and should) certainly discuss issues as they arise. But the nature of electing a representative is periodic, so that you can get back to your job, and let those who are elected do the actual work. If the conversations aren’t happening when the people who are voting are most likely to be paying attention, then it’s just a small group talking amongst themselves. And those elected may not represent the voters as well as they might.


-- Ed Leafe