Rev. Ricky Hoyt Finds Out The Hard Way That U*U "Democracy" Isn't All That It's Cracked Up To Be. . .

I just dropped by Reverend Ricky Hoyt's excellent 'One More Step' blog and read his No Vote For Me blog post. It turns out that Rev. Ricky Hoyt will be unable to cast his vote for UUA Presidential candidate Rev. Peter Morales because on-site voting at the 2009 UUA GA is limited to a five hour period between noon and 5 PM, tomorrow, Saturday June 27 but he made travel arrangements months ago to leave Salt Lake City earlier in the morning on Saturday so that he can deliver a sermon at his U*U church on Sunday. Here is the comment that I submitted in response to his blog post that expresses his dis*illusionment. . .


Looks like you are learning about U*U "democracy" the hard way Rick.

On-site voting will only be allowed between noon and 5 PM on one single day? What a joke. . . Once again the UUA proves that its voting practices don't even come close to democracy at the municipal, state, and national level of secular politics. If I was you I would look into what the UUA's official bylaws say about this. Even I, jaded as I am with U*U "democracy", am rather surprised that there is only one five hour "window of opportunity" for delegates to cast their votes in an important presidential election UUA GA. AFAIAC on-site voting should go from 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning to 8 or 9 o'clock at night at minimum. At least 12 hours should be available for casting ballots on-site.