God, I hate seeing this. This is the line of reasoning I wish I had seen.....(the following is a fictitious paraphrase)..... "You what?!? We didn't want a vote... aw, nuts. Well, we still don't want a vote, but people have already started voting, if we pull it now, it will make people feel like it's a direct slap. You can't give someone something and take it away after the fact, so in the interest of community spirit, we'll just grin and bear the vote this year. It's about dealing with a mistake honorably, not with a broom and a rug, I suppose. If there is any obvious hanky panky, of course it will be looked into, but the vast majority of members are honest, so we'll leave it up for them." whew "There, that wasn't so hard!" No, it wasn't. It's the fine line between intent and obfiscuration.