I know quite a few of you guys check out endorsements across the blogosphere each year for the NRA Meetings, so there are more than a few facts for those who are interested in voting for NRA Directors. Here are random stats and how they compare to last year.

• 1,546,535 ballots were mailed this year. They are mailed to life members and those who have been members for 5 years without breaks.
• This is 3,494 more than the previous year, an increase of .22%. Not a lot, but it means our life members aren’t dying off faster than replacement rate.
• 94,361 ballots were returned this year. 1,452,174 ballots were not. This means only 6.1% of members who were eligible voted.
• Last year, 99,785 ballots were returned. That means 6.5% of members who were eligible voted. I can’t say if this indicates a trend since I don’t recall the data for the year before. I might have that at home, so when I get there, I’ll post it and see what we can learn from three years of numbers. (Probably not much, but interesting nonetheless.)
• Returned ballots don’t mean valid ballots. This year, 2,851 were considered invalid. This is 3% of the returned ballots. The number is down from last year when 3,567 ballots were invalid (3.6%).
• Why are ballots considered invalid? Well, here’s a list with the numbers: more than 26 votes (1,118 – didn’t hear, so I subtracted to figure it out), non-deliverable (1,062), not authenticated (437), damaged (102), late (94), unmarked (24), and previous year’s ballot returned (14).
• These numbers compare to last year: more than 26 votes (down 28.5%), returned non-deliverable (down 4.8%), not authenticated (up 100.5%), damaged (down 65.2%), late (down 69.4%), unmarked (up 20%), previous year’s ballot (down 72%). I would question with the number of those not authenticated going up so much if that feature on the ballot changed. If so, probably not for the better.
• The top vote getter this year was Tom Selleck with 84,399 votes. This mean 92.2% of valid ballots had his name selected.
• The previous year’s top vote getter was Oliver North with 79,470 votes. That means 82.6% of valid ballots had his name selected.
• I wanted to look at the minimum number of votes you need to elect a director. Because I couldn’t find the sheet this year (I checked the rear table like they said and it was not there.), I can’t tell you this year. However, last year, it required 54,944 votes to be elected.

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