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Post by Admin on Nov 9, 2019 16:59:21 GMT -7
2019 Annual Election Results The Glastonbury Landowner's Association 2019 Election is over and the unofficial winners are:
North Glastonbury
Charlotte Mizzi 62
Aija-Mara Accatino 55
Chris Desborough 49
Claudette Dirkers 39
South Glastonbury
Alicia Roskind 43
Ed Dobrowski 35
Clare Parker 33
Tim Brockett 33
Tim Brockett was a write-in candidate and tied with Clare Parker for third place. A tie has not happened before and the GLA Board president stated that the Board attorney would be consulted.
The above results were announced at the Annual Election Meeting. When the official results come from the GLA Board we will announce them here as well.
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Post by Admin on Nov 10, 2019 14:49:02 GMT -7
The winners for Ombudsman are:
North Glastonbury - John Carp got 29
South Glastonbury - Miriam Barker got 14
Official results from the Glastonbury Landowner's Association have not been released.
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Post by Admin on Nov 15, 2019 20:32:17 GMT -7
Still No Official Results for the 2019 GLA Election The 2019 GLA Annual Election is still undecided; official results have not yet been released by the Glastonbury Landowner's Association (GLA). The 2019 Annual Election tallies also cannot be certified. There appears to be a tied race in South Glastonbury between Clare Parker and Tim Brockett. Each has 33 votes. Five of Brockett's proxy votes were rejected because landowners were listed as "Not in good standing" on the Voter Sign-in sheets. The most common reason for a landowner to not be in good standing is non-payment of assessments, although there can be other reasons. For instance, a procedural error might occur, which would then compromise the final vote count. Brockett believes that at least two of his proxy ballots appear to be wrongfully rejected. He contested those two proxies with Wendy Riley and Jerri Ladewig at the Sign-in Table on the GLA Election Day. Tim then spoke with the GLA Administrative Assistant, Karleen McSherry and told her the rejected ballots "were a problem." He knows the landowner personally and was certain that his assessments were current.
On Tuesday, November 12th, Brockett emailed the GLA Board and requested a recount and an analysis of all voting materials. He has not yet received a response. At the same time, Candidate Clare Parker, seemed convinced that a "runoff vote will determine who has won." The GLA Covenants do not address tied election outcomes. Therefore, a runoff race as a potential solution, would have to be agreed upon by both candidates. On the other hand, Brockett stated that he has "not heard from the GLA Board regarding a possible runoff election." Brockett added that he is "opposed to a runoff until a comprehensive and public recount is completed."
At the conclusion of the Annual Election Meeting on November 9th, GLA Board President Dennis Riley presented the unofficial results. Those results were missing some write-in candidate totals. The Forum has discovered that former GLA Director Leo Keeler, and soon to retire Director Kevin Newby, each received at least 25 write-in votes in South Glastonbury. Neither were running for the Board. When the GLA releases the official 2019 Election results, we will post them below.
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Post by Admin on Nov 24, 2019 19:04:50 GMT -7
GLA Election 2019 Updates
Disenfranchised Landowners Win Back Their Votes Landowners are still waiting for official results from the 2019 Annual Glastonbury Landowner's Association (GLA) Election held on Saturday, November 9th. The unofficial results announced at the end of the Election, showed two candidates in South Glastonbury, Clare Parker and Tim Brockett, tied for the third open director's seat. Each had 33 votes.
Brockett had five proxy ballots that were rejected at the Annual Election. On Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 Brockett emailed the GLA Board and requested a recount and an analysis of all voting materials. In November of 2016 an Election Recount discovered errors and vote totals were changed.
On November 18th, 2019, almost one week later, Brockett received an email from the GLA stating, "We do not consider a recount of the original ballots necessary because of the extensive tally checking and cross-validations applied at the time." However, the GLA noted that a landowner who gave his proxies to Brockett, wanted to know why his proxies were rejected. The GLA letter went on to say that they contacted their accountant, Micah at Accounting and Tax Solutions in Livingston, Montana. Micah assured them that the reports he produced were error-free. Further analysis by the GLA found that the landowner in question was actually in good standing and his proxies had been wrongfully rejected. The error was finally blamed on the accountant's computer program, which incorrectly "charged interest" to the landowner's account. The GLA went on to say, "We’re working out the plan for where and when to receive your proxies and give you the ballots." They promised to get back to Brockett "in a few days." In closing, the letter stated, "We assume this means you will be the third winning South Glastonbury candidate." The letter was signed by GLA President Dennis Riley and Election Committee Co-chair Andrea Sedlak.
Brockett emailed the GLA Board on November 19th and asked that his three other rejected proxies be researched. He also asked for a letter from the accountant explaining why the landowner who complained was disenfranchised. That letter has not arrived as of November 24th, 2019.
On Thursday, November 21st GLA Election Official and Board Administrative Assistant Karleen McSherry, phoned Brockett. She explained that another one of the proxies he held was going to be accepted. The reason was "confusing billing and invoice information" that was sent to the landowner. Later that day at 4 PM, Brockett met with GLA Election officials at the Sage Resort Library. Election officials present were GLA Director Ken Hurley, Director Charlotte Mizzi, Administrative Assistant Karleen McSherry and ballot counter Rebecca Thompson. Three proxies that were given to Brockett and initially rejected by the GLA, were traded for three official ballots. The official Voter Sign-in Sheets were corrected and South Glastonbury Candidate Tim Brockett retired to the lobby to fill out ballots from the previously disenfranchised landowners. 
Ballots from previously disenfranchised landowners are completed by South Glastonbury Candidate Tim BrockettThe completed ballots were returned to GLA Election Officials who were waiting in the Sage Library. The ballots were approved. Official GLA Ballot Counter Rebecca Thompson added them to the official tally and total sheets. Karleen McSherry assured Brockett that the results would be certified on Friday, and then placed on the GLA website.
The total vote count for South Glastonbury recited at the end of the November 21st, 2019 meeting was:
South Glastonbury Director's Position:
Alicia Roskind - 43 votes
Tim Brockett - 36 votes
Ed Dobrowski - 35 votes
The above three candidates appeared to have earned seats on the GLA Board.
Runners-up were:
Clare Parker - 33 votes
Kevin Newby - 29 votes
Leo Keeler - 29 votes
Mark Seaver - 2 votes
Andrea Sedlak - 2 votes
Dan Kehoe - 1 vote
Clare Parker was an active candidate. Kevin Newby and Leo Keeler were not running for the GLA Board but apparently many voters wished they were. Mark Seaver and his wife Andrea Sedlak each received two votes. Mark's term ended in 2019. Andrea's term ends in 2020. Past GLA Director Dan Kehoe received just one vote.
As of Sunday, November 24th, 2019, the GLA has not posted official results on their website or emailed them to landowners.
New directors are normally seated at the December GLA Board meeting, which this year is scheduled for December 9th.
We will post official results below when they are released by the GLA.
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Post by leokeeler on Nov 25, 2019 10:43:19 GMT -7
Congratulations To Tim. I wonder if the base fact is Tim got the Board to realize that a landowner initialed note on a "Project Application Form" agreeing to attorney fees only acknowledged the Landowners acceptance to pay attorney fees needed to review the application and not an agreement to become responsible for lawsuits on Board decisions.
Had the Landowner signed a separate AGREEMENT on a different piece of paper (and GLA also signed it) maybe GLA could proceed with a case. But an initialed note on a form used to calculate "APPLICATION" related fees is not very solid ground to stand on. I hope the Board drops this debt as they have done others for select individuals.
Tim was involved with GLA and Board issues, primarily road work, throughout my term on the Board. His efforts, with help by Claudette, resulted in locating (finding buried by decades of neglect)culverts and getting them mapped. They got the Board to emphasize cleaning of ditches and culverts to bring the road back to it's original design and function. Now,with both Tim and Claudette actually on the Board, maybe progress can be made to developing a long range Road Management and Investment Plan. Then the Board might be able to justify the increases in Annual Assessments that I've been hearing about. Without such a plan I fear emphasis will still be determined by who's pet project gets the most support and what landowner is benefited. Leo |
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Post by Admin on Nov 27, 2019 15:22:53 GMT -7
GLA Finally Releases Official Election Results The Official 2019 Election results were just released by the Glastonbury Landowner's Association (GLA) Board.
They Official Notice follows:
North Glastonbury Candidates and votes received:
62 – Charlotte Mizzi
55 – Aija-Mara Accatino
49 – Chris Desborough
39 – Claudette Dirkers
01 – Lisa Bush (write-in)
01 – Andrea Peacock (write-in)
South Glastonbury Candidates and votes received:
43 – Alicia Roskind
36 – Tim Brockett (write-in)*
35 – Ed Dobrowski
33 – Clare Parker
29 – Leo Keeler (write-in)
29 – Kevin Newby (write-in)
02 – Sam Hazen (write-in)
02 – Mark Seaver (write-in)
02 – Andrea Sedlak (write-in)
01 – Dan Kehoe (write-in)
North Glastonbury Ombudsman and votes received:
29 – John Carp (write-in)
02 – Dave Hink (write-in)
02 – Penelope Price (write-in)
01 – Linda Ulrich (write-in)
01 – Donna Lash Andersen (write-in)
01 – Gerald Dubiel (write-in)
01 – Charlene Murphy (write-in)
South Glastonbury Ombudsman and votes received:
14 – Miriam Barker (write-in)
01 – Tim Brockett (write-in)
01 – Jeannie Campbell (write-in)
01 – John Clawson (write-in)
*N.B. A number of proxies submitted by Tim Brockett were disallowed by election officials for members
not being in good standing. During the following week, review of the disallowed proxies uncovered
an accountant program error. Subsequently, three proxies were allowed, giving Mr. Brockett three
more ballots and a final total of 36 votes for himself and 29 votes for each of Leo Keeler and Kevin
Newby.
Forum Note: Ballots are supposed to be secret per Montana state law. At the Tuesday November 21st, 2019 meeting between South Glastonbury Candidate Tim Brockett and GLA Election Officials it was revealed who Brockett voted for on his three secret ballots. They were read out loud by vote counter Rebecca Thompson as she completed the tally sheets. Karleen McSherry hovered over Thompson while checking her work. Director Charlotte Mizzi and Ken Hurley sat at the same table and all heard what Thompson was saying.
Except for Brockett, the number of votes garnered by South Glastonbury write-in candidates was not mentioned at the 2019 Annual Election meeting. The first mention of write-in candidate totals was at the November 21st meeting and then on the Forum on November 24th. At the end of that meeting Brockett had 36 votes, up three from the unofficial results presented at the Annual Election. Keeler and Newby each had 29 votes; no mention of their total was given at the Annual Election Meeting.
In the above GLA footnote it is not clear if the GLA is stating that Brockett cast 29 votes for Leo Keeler and Kevin Newby or that Brockett's three secret ballots from the previously disenfranchised proxy ballots brought Leo Keeler's and Kevin Newby's vote total to 29. What is clear is that the GLA is revealing the contents of a landowner's secret ballots by stating that "three proxies were allowed, giving Mr. Brockett three more ballots and a final total of 36 votes for himself and 29 votes for each of Leo Keeler and Kevin Newby."
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