In a vote, it’s usual that the absolute numbers are made public. They even do that in The Other Land of the Dear Leader, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. But that’s RealWorld. In PacificaWorld, the NES, Renee Penaloza, chose not to. Why, a director or three may be able to find out.
Here are figures for the stations, albeit approximate, not least because the NES only gave whole number percentages, presumably rounded (page 10; p. 11 of the PDF. Note that p. 4 has a listener # typo, as seen by comparing with pp. 10 & 5).
https://elections.pacifica.org/wordpress/pacifica-bylaws-final-report-2020/; copy at https://mega.nz/file/ZE8ySJja#FHeaFf0aOBpYDVRky-sVTwKeX58U0pwjf0sAQQ2j6go
[When I have nothing better to do, I’ll post the below as tables. Before that, in another post, I’ll comment on what the figures reveal.]
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Info is in this order:
(a) electorate (#);
(b) respect for those members not taking part in the process: abstainers (#,%) — voters (#,%); &
(c) the voters: ‘no’ voters (#,%) — ‘yes’ voters (#,%) — invalid ballots (#,%). Some of the Total voter info gives two percentages: of the electorate, & of the ballots cast.
1. LISTENER-MEMBER REFERENDUM
Total:
electorate: 42 491
abstainers — voters: 32 777 — 9 714 (77.1% — 22.9%)
‘no’ — ‘yes’ — invalid ballots: 6 340 — 3 273 — 101 (14.9% of electorate, & 65.3% of ballots cast — 7.7% & 33.7% — 0.2% & 1.0%) . . . ‘no’ win by 3 067
(Note this rough split . . . abstainers : ‘no’ : ‘yes’ = 10 : 2 : 1)
KPFA: 12 496 ….. 8 768 — 3 728 (70% — 30%) ….. 2 199 — 1 494 — 35 (59% — 40% — 1%)
KPFK: 13 729 ….. 11 570 — 2 159 (84% — 16%) ….. 1 165 — 974 — 20 (54% — 45% — 1%)
KPFT: 4 368 ….. 3 485 — 883 (80% — 20%) ….. 423 — 453 — 7 (48% — 51% — 1%)
WPFW: 6 085 ….. 4 809 — 1 276 (79% — 21%) ….. 969 — 283 — 24 (76% — 22% — 2%)
WBAI: 5 813 ….. 4 145 — 1 668 (71% — 29%) ….. 1 584 — 69 — 15 (95% — 4% — 1%)
Station listener-voting summary (‘no’ — ‘yes’ — invalid ballots):
KPFA: ….. 2 199 — 1 494 — 35 — ‘no’ win by 705
KPFK: ….. 1 165 — 974 — 20 — ‘no’ win by 191
KPFT: …….. 423 — 453 — 7 — ‘yes’ win by 30
WPFW: …… 969 — 283 — 24 — ‘no’ win by 686
WBAI: ….. 1 584 — 69 — 15 — ‘no’ win by 1 515
2. STAFF-MEMBER REFERENDUM
Total:
electorate: 993
abstainers — voters: 481 — 512 (48.4% — 51.6%)
‘no’ — ‘yes’ — invalid ballots: 331 — 177 — 4 (33.3% of electorate, & 64.6% of ballots cast — 17.8% & 34.6% — 0.4% & 0.7%) . . . ‘no’ win by 154
KPFA: 218 ….. 100 — 118 (46% — 54%) ….. 49 — 68 — 1 (42% — 57% — 1%)
KPFK: 268 ….. 161 — 107 (60% — 40%) ….. 45 — 61 — 1 (42% — 57% — 1%)
KPFT: 169 ….. 113 — 56 (67% — 33%) ….. 19 — 37 — 0 (35% — 66% . . . sic)
WPFW: 120 ….. 43 — 77 (36% — 64%) ….. 72 — 4 — 1 (94% — 5% — 1%)
WBAI: 218 ….. 64 — 154 (29% — 71%) ….. 146 — 7 — 1 (95% — 4% — 1%)
Station staff-voting summary (‘no’ — ‘yes’ — invalid ballots):
KPFA: ….. 49 — 68 — 1 — ‘yes’ win by 19
KPFK: ….. 45 — 61 — 1 — ‘yes’ win by 16
KPFT: ….. 19 — 37 — 0 — ‘yes’ win by 18
WPFW: .. 72 — 4 — 1 — ‘no’ win by 68
WBAI: .. 146 — 7 — 1 — ‘no’ win by 139
Note: the staff electorates are small compared with the listeners’ – and given the paucity of info from NES Penaloza this causes a slight computational problem. Absolute numbers are derived from the voting percentages, & being provided by the NES (Final Report, p. 10) they’re treated as authoritative; squaring the figures has meant that one number tipped over into the contiguous percentage point.
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