Questions about voting

The voting for each Action is the same.

You’ll see a screen with the Action description.

Then, you’ll see a screen asking you to cast your vote on the Action. You can vote

• No, not any budget amount

• Yes, at some budget amount…

• I abstain from this vote.

If you select “Yes, at some budget amount…” You will then be asked at what levels (100%, 75%, 50%). You can select as many levels as you would support.

Finally, all votes cast will be asked for your comments on the Actions. Delegates can share why they voted for or against the action, what they wish was included, or any comments. All these comments will be anonymously included as part of the report with the voting records, and shared with the community.

At the end of the survey, you will also be asked about funding. All guidance for funding comments will be published, anonymously, as part of the report with the voting records.

When you are finished, make sure to hit Submit to cast your vote!

Here’s the Assembly Scoop video answering this question from Week #11.

You will vote on Delegate Ideas after the Week 12 meetups (Sunday, November 12, and Tuesday, November 14). The voting for Delegate ideas will ask for your vote (No, Yes, or Abstain) and your comments.

Comments will be included, anonymously, in the report on the process and shared with the community and leaders in Montrose. The comments help others to understand more about why delegates cast their votes the way they did.

If there are two actions that are mutually exclusive, if you proceed with one it necessarily eliminates the other. Actions 7 and 8 are mutually exclusive. After Delegate Improvements, Action 7 calls for yurts both at the current site of the ECE Center AND at elementary schools. Action 8 calls for yurts ONLY at elementary schools. Obviously, you can’t do both.

That said, there was delegate confusion over mutually exclusive actions reported after Meetup #10, and so there will be no consideration of mutually exclusive actions in the tabulation of votes. This means that any Action that receives ⅔ support or more of the voting delegates will be recommended in a Plan of Action.

But this is okay, and here’s why:

If Delegates are, for example, supportive of both Actions 7 & 8 (i.e. both get more than 2/3rds support) that is still good information for the school district (who will ultimately be responsible for the final decision and implementing it). This underscores the importance of delegate comments along with the votes; knowing WHY delegates voted for or against an action is valuable information for leaders in a next stage toward implementation.

For other Actions focused on similar problems, like Actions 1 & 2 (Camp Montrose and Kids Program Connector), if Delegates recommended both of those Actions, that might communicate that there is a desire to provide after school activities at some of the schools AND ALSO provide transportation to students to after school program locations. Again, the comments delegates provide with their votes will be good information for community leaders involved in a next stage toward implementation.

The Assembly’s vote will be reported to the community as part of a voting results report. Votes and comments will be anonymously reported.