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   Hello August!   
      
   RM> Apparently they have come up with a new rule.. To be   
   RM> considered to run for party leader you need 500 party   
   RM> member votes.. BUT.. If it turns out that more than 50% of   
   RM> those who voted for you are CIS Males, then you won't be   
   RM> accepted.   
      
   AA>Huh.. there is now a distinction between "a male who accepts   
     >their gender assigned at birth", and a hetro?   
      
   No, I'm sure the idea is if you are born male and stayed that   
   way they don't want too many of them backing a candidate.   
      
   AA>Maybe the consideration is that a cismale is not necessarily   
     >hetro.   But.. what should that matter in a political election?   
      
   No, I'm sure they want to be sure that more than 50% of the voters   
   are not straight men. That leaves a lot of room since all women   
   would fit into the other half too but the idea must be that if   
   few women or LGBQ+ people want to vote for a person then they are   
   probably not open minded enough to run the Party..   
      
   Some people lean so far Left, they fall off the edge..   B)   
      
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    * SLMR Rob  * Stepping off the soapbox now.. and taking it with me   
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