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The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) provides a forum for the discussion of activities, programs, and problems in intellectual freedom of libraries and librarians.

The IFRT Members Community group is the central hub for discussion, library and events. It is visible to all ALA members but only IFRT members can participate in the conversation.

  • 1.  Beware the ballot

    Posted Mar 12, 2024 03:50 PM

    In years past when voting I believe we could make selections, and return to the ballot to add to it. For instance, select some at large council members, then go back and select more. The vote was not final until clicking submit. It allowed us to read statements and do some research.  BEWARE, when you try to exit out, and look at another ballot, all selections are lost.  Also, be VERY careful, as the ballot looks different and hitting the wrong tab by accident, even with no selection made, casts the ballot, like when you are trying to go back or review or something you VOTE, by accident. Then, you cast your IFRT ballot with no selections on it.  Oh, and no one can help you. 



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    Wanda Huffaker
    Librarian
    Salt Lake County Library
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  • 2.  RE: Beware the ballot

    Posted Mar 12, 2024 04:57 PM
    Thanks for the heads up, Wanda! I only opened and submitted the IFRT ballot so far, and I noticed it looked different this year. I will be careful with the big ALA ballot. I'm so sorry your votes went astray!

    Rebecca


    Rebecca Moorman
    Head, Technical Services
    UAA/APU Consortium Library
    University of Alaska Anchorage
    907.786.1974 






  • 3.  RE: Beware the ballot

    Posted Mar 12, 2024 10:26 PM
    Thank you Wanda. - I am so used to spending time on my ballot, “saving it” and finally “voting”.

    If you open a ballot, don’t vote for anybody [yet] and close it, is it “gone”?

    A curse or an honor, as an ALA Honorary Member I belong to every unit of ALA thus I have a very big ballot to get through. — and I do try to read all of them.

    I look forward to seeing what happens.

    Ann

    Ann K. Symons
    ALA Past President
    Sent from my iPad


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  • 4.  RE: Beware the ballot

    Posted Mar 13, 2024 02:12 PM

    I am not entirely sure what happened. I was trying to save some choices, and go back to a ballot. Everytime I went back, the choices were not there, All of a sudden, the IFRT ballot indicated that I had voted?????  I had not deliberately finished any one ballot, as most were empty.



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    Wanda Huffaker
    Librarian
    Salt Lake County Library
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