From: bwr607@hotmail.com 
  
 "Richard Henry"  wrote in 
 news:0Gi0d.28290$9Y5.23942@fed1read02: 
  
 > How about a grandather clause:  voters whose votes have been accepted in 
 > previous votes are considered to be "registered". 
  
 So, someone sees an RFD/CFV posted in his favorite newsgroup. The proposal 
 is for a new group..the person is very interested in creating this new 
 group. The person has three years of posting history in his favorite 
 group..a very well respected contributor. He has never voted on a CFV 
 before, and he did not register prior to the posting of the first RFD 
 because he had no idea this proposal was in the making. There are 
 dozens..potentially 100 or more valuable posters on the given topic that 
 are denied the ability to vote because they never voted on a CFV before, or 
 because they weren't clever enough to register months before they even knew 
 about the proposal. 
  
 -- 
 Bill 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
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