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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Well, there are two options and allowing it to remain should not be one of them since that would make three options and we only have two options.
Option 1: remove the book from the voting list and go with the list as it is with the votes for the rest
Option 2: start a new thread with a new poll with this book removed
It's unfair if it wins and becomes the book for March. If we are going to violate the rules, then let's violate all the rules. So really, let's not violate the rules knowingly since leaving this book will knowingly violate the rules.
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Jon, the nomination process includes discovery. That's the time to come up with objections to a book, whether they be eligibility or availability. I'll note that a fully nominated suggestion of my own was withdrawn on the grounds of eligibility during the process. Once the voting starts, it's too late. It's a case of that injunction heard in some wedding ceremonies, "Speak now or forever hold your peace." The nominations are the time to speak now; during the voting, it's forever hold your peace.
Jon, it's obvious you're upset and I'm sorry. It's all just for fun. You did vote for the potential winner, after all; you must have thought you'd like reading it, even if you'd prefer a different choice. There's no point in discussing your options, which are far from the only choices and result in either disenfranchising people who voted in good faith or making a lot more work for Tom and to what end? People have chosen the book they prefer and it's neither fattening nor illegal.
My apologies to everyone else, too. I didn't mean to start anything. I was just, as I tried to indicate, highly amused both that a book could be nominated four times and that it would slip through the cracks in terms of the waiting period. As I said, time to scratch the itch! If it wins, it can never be nominated again.