daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
This is an example of why I find the questions "Who voted for it?" and "Who voted against it?" immensely troubling. In a true democratic system, the secret ballot allows people to vote their conscience, rather than voting for popularity, material reward, fear of censure, and whatnot.
That doesn't make any sense; the Board *represents* a community; it is not itself a community engaging in pure democracy amongst its members. The community can't very well figure out whether its interests are being represented unless it's made public which members have been representing which positions. This is why in the "real world" the votes of Parliaments and Congresses are made public.
-Mark