By Cheryl Dowden, March 4, 2020
HSVPOA Board ballots were delayed and are now trickling into some resident Property Owners’ mailboxes. We have no idea what is going on with the non-resident Property Owners.
Confusing email from HSVPOA Board Chairperson
.A very confusing Email was sent out to Property Owners yesterday afternoon (March 3, 2020) from Cindi Erickson, HSVPOA Board Chairperson. According to Erickson, not all ballots were sent out before March 2.
Some Property Owners have taken this to mean that the ballots already sent have a different set of instructions. Chairperson Erickson did not state this.
A Board Director assured me no ballots were sent with instructions to “vote for up to three candidates.” All ballots say “vote for up to four candidates.” This Board Director also stated there were never any ballots printed which included directions to “vote for up to three candidates.”
False alarm
I received a report of one lady receiving three ballots (for her three properties), and some ballot directions said “vote three,” and some ballot directions said “vote four.” Thank goodness this turned out to be a false alarm.
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Eblast from Board Chair regarding the delay of Board ballots
Dixon’s resignation
On February 21, 2020, the POA announced Director Buddy Dixon’s resignation. His actual date of retirement from the HSVPOA Board is unknown to this writer.
Mailing of the ballots was initially scheduled for February 28. There were four business days between the retirement announcement and the planned mailing date.
Why weren’t we told earlier about a possible mailing delay?
We are not aware of the exact date the company printing and managing the ballots was contacted about the change from three to four selections. We also do not know the date the POA staff was notified about a mailing delay.
Who caused this delay?
There were several days or more to make sure the voting packages were corrected to reflect the change from three to four. It is disturbing that there was a delay in the mailing of the ballots. Was this the fault of the printer or someone else? Will we ever know?
If the printer was on schedule to mail the ballots on Friday, February 28, then the ballots should have already been printed and ready to go on this date. According to Erickson, some of the ballot packages were not ready for mailing on Friday, February 28. Why the delay, and why were we not told about this delay until Tuesday, March 3?
According to HSVPOA Bylaws:
- Bylaws: Article 7
- Board of Directors
- Section 7. Vacancies.
- If a Director, for any reason, does not complete a term of office, the Board may elect, by majority vote of the remaining Directors, any member in good standing as an interim director until the next succeeding election at which time the pendency of the vacant term (if any) shall be filled by a vote of the membership.
- If the vacancy is not filled by the Board, it shall be filled at the next succeeding election of members of the Association voting on candidates, selected as set out in Article VIII hereof. Any Director elected by a vote of the membership to fill a vacancy shall serve as director until the expiration of the term of the director whose position he/she was elected to fill.
Bylaws dictate how to fill unoccupied Board seats
Director Dixon’s position must be filled at the next election, which is the election that is occurring now. The Bylaws state this. Unfortunately, this change so late in the process had caused a lot of confusion. Then when you add in the printing delay, it makes the whole situation even more chaotic. I am certainly not blaming this on Director Dixon or anyone in particular. The Board made the only “legal” decision possible, which was to fill the position according to the Bylaws. I do not know who is responsible for the mailing delay.
Mail your ballots back in the enclosed return envelope asap
Please mail via USPS your filled-out ballot back as soon as you can in the return envelope provided in your voting package. DO NOT take your ballot to the POA. Any vote ballots dropped in the POA mail slot or mailed to the POA are invalid. Save the envelope the ballot was sent in, just in case. (It never hurts to take precautions.)
If you did not receive a return envelope, ask the POA for instructions on how you should proceed. Please let me know at pennywisebuys@gmail. com if the POA says not having a return envelope means you cannot vote. Also, please let me know if you did not receive a ballot. You won’t know this until later as some ballot packets are still in the mail system.
There is still plenty of time to fill out and mail your ballot
The bottom line is, we still have time to fill out our ballots and return them in plenty of time as long as we do not delay. In my opinion, this is one of the most critical elections in the history of the Village, so please be sure to exercise your right to vote.
We are choosing to only vote LTD
Joe and I are both voting only LTD. A fourth option does not have to be selected. If you believe in LTD, you may want them to receive the highest number of votes, therefore earning the most extended terms. If enough of us vote for LTD only, this is what will happen. Neither of us feels comfortable casting a vote for either Nikki Choyce or Kirk Denger. Our voting strategy is not anything personal. You should vote how you think is best, and I am not telling anyone how to vote.
HSVPOA ballot and letter for the 2020 BOD election
Ballot-and-letterBy Cheryl Dowden, March 4, 2020
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Kathy Henderson
03/04/2020 — 6:45 pm
Still haven’t received my ballot as March 4.
Kirk Denger
03/04/2020 — 6:56 pm
The ballots were mailed to known yes voters Feb 28th. The No voters will receive theirs March 15th.
Kilroy
03/04/2020 — 7:18 pm
Why lie Kirk?
Feeling bad for you Kathy.
Linda
03/04/2020 — 8:09 pm
Kirk, that is funny! Need some light relief from the pain of POA malfeasance.
george chelf
03/04/2020 — 7:32 pm
Cheryl, thank you and Joe for all your work and helpful guidance . We will be voting for LTD only. Let’s take back OUR village with sound management. LTD is the only way to go.
george chelf
03/04/2020 — 7:39 pm
Cheryl, thank you and Joe for all your work and helpful input , LTD is the only way to go !!!!!
Moe
03/04/2020 — 7:54 pm
These wonder kids can’t even figure out how to mail something on time. How will they ever implement the CMP?
Luckily for us they won’t. They are incapable and woefully inept.
Lorri Street
03/05/2020 — 9:14 am
Kirk…I was most definitely a NO voter and I received my ballot yesterday so your posted comment is not an accurate statement.
Remarkably…I was ‘drawn’ to be on the Election Day ballot counting committee as was Marcy Mermel. Will be briefed next Tuesday morning on the official procedures for counting ballots day.
Lorri Street
03/05/2020 — 9:22 am
I do have a serious concern that again this election year the ballots are not identifiable in any manner thus leaving open some suspicion and IMHO a ballot integrity lapse. Should the ballots leave the counting room without the Property Owners knowing the number of actual ballots were counted under supervision the possibility of ballot tampering will remain an issue for yet another election year! I’ll know more ne t Tuesay and will share with you what I learn.
Tom Blakeman
03/05/2020 — 1:54 pm
Lorri. I agree with you and have the same serious concern regarding the ballots not being identifiable in any manner.
It is simply inconceivable to me that we are having another BOD election and there is really no way to tell if a ballot actually came from a legitimate property owner in good standing. The idea of knowing the counts of ballots printed, mailed, received, etc. along with having the post office hold them and whatever else is now being done, is all fine and dandy. But it doesn’t ensure that they system cannot be gamed.
The question remains: If we need to have Lot, Block, name and signature on ballots pertaining to assessment increases or declarations changes, then why do we let the election of BOD Directors – something equally or more important – be subject to more risk and less diligence? The pat answer, of course, is that this is how we have always done it and the declarations don’t require us to do BOD elections the same way. BS in my opinion.
I look forward to hearing from you with any new information following your Tuesday meeting. Thank you for being part of the effort.
Dan
03/06/2020 — 1:12 pm
Tom I voted in the Super Tuesday election and wasn’t ask to put my address ,name or any other on Ballot. When I came in had to show picture ID and sign book but no ID put on ballot.
I quess we could have the election at Coranado Center instead of getting them in mail.
Peggy Sue
03/05/2020 — 10:15 am
GESH People – lightn’ up! Kirk was making a joke.
Are you all so tainted that you’ve forgotten how to laugh.
We could all use a little humor about now!
UN-Clench those fists, turn that frown upside down. Take a minute and be happy that you woke up breathing this morning!
We got serious issues in HSV and being angry all the time is not going assist in turn a positive corner to make things better.
Ralph Y
03/05/2020 — 10:20 am
VOTING STRATEGY!
Hey y’all! Let’s not complicate things with selective voting.
My recommendation is that you EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT to cast ALL 4 of your votes.
I’m voting for LTD & Kirk. Simple.
This strategy will almost guarantee that Nikki Choyce WILL NOT WIN a seat on the BOD. That’s the goal! Keep the Lesley clone on the outside looking in.
VOTE LTD & Kirk if you want to see positive change.
Helen Sanders
03/05/2020 — 3:15 pm
Normally a drawing by the candidates is done to establish the order of the names on the ballot.
My ballot lists Choyce first. I notice Cheryl’s is different, but Cindi E. said all ballots were identical in an e-mail response to my question.
Dave S.
03/05/2020 — 4:17 pm
Who claiming responsibility for people not getting all of the paperwork ? How are they going to rectify this ? How many votes won’t be counted ? Was this planned by the poor management and clones to possibly cause the disturbance to allow them more time to push thru more of their lousy ideas or to hire more and more managers before a stop was put into place by the new directors. I have faith in Diana but the rest, aren’t and haven’t been worth the space they occupy in the Village. They have been worthless and have done nothing to better our environment in any way, shape or form. They should all vacate their positions and let honest, caring people take the reigns.
Karen Daigle Lundberg
03/06/2020 — 2:04 pm
I agree with you Dave. Enough is enough of all of this BS. We have first got to get LTD into those Board seats, and then I believe in my opinion that malfeasance charges need to begin. There has been so much wrong doing, but this election just puts the icing on the cake. I am sick and tired of waking up every morning wondering what the POA is going stick it to us with that day. They have taken our rights, our freedom, and our voices away, and I don’t care how loud I have to scream or who I have to scream it to, but I am not going to put up with this any more. And everybody needs to watch very, very closely until this election takes place, because I firmly believe that they are up to something big, and all of this delay was intentional!!
Tom
03/06/2020 — 3:34 pm
Dan: The point is there should be a methodology to ensure that only an entitled and registered voter votes and that they do not have any opportunity to vote more than once. That’s how it is normally done in a democratic society.
When you vote your shares (proxies) for directors of a publicly listed corporation there is an ID process for the same reason. And that’s how we do it for the items I noted earlier. Just not for our directors.
Even when the US conducted the Iraq elections the voters had to at least dip their finger in the inkwell to help ensure legitimacy of the vote and that was a third world war torn country.
Why do you think the Democrats want to have no voter ID requirement? It is so anyone and everyone including illegals and criminals can vote and probably more than once. And guess who the Dems think those voters will vote for?
And, no we wouldn’t need everyone to vote in person either.
Dan Boehmke
03/06/2020 — 5:53 pm
We spend the Winter in Florida and pay to have a Premium forwarding service of our mail. The HSV Post Office holds everything that would go into our delivery mailbox at the Post Office. Then on Wednesday of each week they put it all into a Priority Envelope or box and send it to us. We generally we receive it on Friday or Saturday – today’s package did not contain our ballot. That means the soonest we can hope to receive it next week is March 13th. If the BOD had not changed the due date for returns we could not get it back in time to count! I am sure that others in the Village are like us and this is something that should be considered. Just because there is a minimum of 18 days specified – that doesn’t mean they can’t go out earlier!
HSVP C
03/06/2020 — 5:59 pm
Dan, I agree with you. Some things need to change.
Dan Boehmke
03/13/2020 — 10:01 am
Just a follow up to my previous comments about our being in Florida and having our mail forwarded – Our ballot arrived in our package today, March 13th and I will take it to the Post Office this afternoon.