The Chair does this cute little game of musical meetings where he invites only those committee people who he already knows will vote his way. He has done this in multiple districts throughout the state.
When no committee person is there that supports the non-Gleason candidate, the response is routinely that the campaign of Joe Candidate did not respond to the invitation, which is technically true, since it won’t have been sent.
A vote takes place WITHOUT all interested parties and voi-la, we have an endorsed candidate.
So yes, the votes of all the committee people present are counted.
If there is some kind of slip up and people are their that support the “wrong” guy, then mysteriously no vote takes place. The Chair tries it all over again on a different day.
Hmmm. That’s terrible. It sounds like that corruption needs to be exposed and rooted out before an honest popular vote can be held. I wish you all the best in that.