"club smoking policy to be decided by a majority of club members who return ballots, rather than a majority of all of a club's members."Huh???
If anyone understands this, please fill me in! 
1 posted on
04/15/2006 4:17:31 AM PDT by
SheLion
To: The Foolkiller; Just another Joe; Madame Dufarge; Cantiloper; metesky; Judith Anne; lockjaw02; ...
Gov John Baldacci2 posted on
04/15/2006 4:19:08 AM PDT by
SheLion
(Trying to make a life in the BLUE state of Maine!)
To: SheLion
If anyone understands this, please fill me in!Say a club, the Elks for instance, has 1,000 members. The way the law was originally written, if they sent out 1,000 ballots and only 500 were returned and the split was 400 for smoking and 100 against, that would not stand as the 500 unreturned ballots would have all been counted as against.
The new law fixes it so that only the returned ballots are counted and so in our example the pro-smokers would win.
4 posted on
04/15/2006 4:38:12 AM PDT by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: SheLion
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Gov. John Baldacci on Thursday signed into law a bill that will allow club smoking policy to be decided by a majority of club members who return ballots, rather than a majority of all of a club's members."
Surely, their time in Augusta could have been better spent.
Well, you know what they say: "Small men, small issues..."
AV 
Aroostook Beauty.com
5 posted on
04/15/2006 5:05:06 AM PDT by
Atomic Vomit
(www.aroostookbeauty.com)
To: SheLion
Anyone who believes a business is public property is a Marxist.
12 posted on
04/15/2006 5:37:25 AM PDT by
sergeantdave
(Communism is 3 people voting on what's for dinner but you still get the same old rice)
To: SheLion
If anyone understands this, please fill me in! <<
Ok heres the scoop...our local Vets club (which has always allowed smoking...but was forced by the STATE to have a vote)recently voted via mailed ballot...82 to continue to allow smoking...43 against...BUT!!!!!..the 76 members that did not return ballots were counted as AGAINST....Hence! NO SMOKING!...I wish the state had used that logic for the gov Race...everyone that didn't vote...voted against Baldacci!!
16 posted on
04/15/2006 7:18:09 AM PDT by
M-cubed
(Why is "Greshams Law" a law?)
To: SheLion
How about Federal legislation saying that smokers will not be covered by any Federal medical insurance, such as Medicare, Medicaid, if they get a disease associated with tobacco use.
(I can hear the bricks hitting my windows already.)
To: SheLion
It has me stumped as well. I was hoping you could enlighten us!
20 posted on
04/15/2006 8:15:24 AM PDT by
gidget7
(PC is the huge rock, behind which lies hide!)
To: SheLion
So, we have a governor and state legislature dictating operative bylaws of private clubs, but only as regards smoking.
Must not have any real problems that need attention.
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