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[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 12/21/05 4:51:34 PM, vneufeldt at MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM writes:


> Isn't it also the only one in which candidates are actually voted on
> by an unruly meeting of members?
>

The people who vote are not neither all of the ADS members or only ADS
members. Anyone who shows up at the unruly meeting is allowed to vote, including
butchers, bakers, candlestick makers, and even the odd Republican.