Vote YES on the MIL Constitutional Questions

In short: vote YES on all three. Read on for further details of my rationale. (Very similar to what's published in the election material booklet that was sent out.)

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While there are many changes listed within Question 1, these mostly seem like reasonable housekeeping-type adjustments, as indicated in the explanatory statement. I am voting YES on this question.

While I think the final portion of that question is actually a potentially contentious issue and not actually a housekeeping change, and should have been put to a separate vote lest the housekeeping changes be voted down if there is a strong enough "no" sentiment on this one portion, I agree that people should only run for one office at a time. If we were to keep a system that permits running for multiple offices at the same time, a process should be instituted whereby the runner-up, in an election where the winner chose to accept a different office that he also won, would be declared the winner. Also, the process might well need to include a provision where someone runs in two (or more) races and is unopposed in one of them must accept the office where he was unopposed, lest it remain vacant. (Particularly problematic if that person were to run opposed in more than one race.)

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Question 2 lowers the threshold of needed petition signatures from 200 down to 100. Considering the threshold for seeking to get on the AML ballot via petition is only 50 signatures, and AML comprises approximately half of the total membership of MIL, it seems reasonable for this to be proportional, which would make 100 be the more appropriate number of signatures. I am voting YES on this question.

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Question 3 clarifies that Direct International Members are not simultaneously considered members of Full or Provisional National Mensas. If you are a member of a Full or Provisional, then you are not a DIM. (i.e., if you were a DIM and your country has finally been recognized as having a Full or Provisional National Member, your status as DIM will go away simultaneous with your status as a member of your national Mensa starting.) While unstated (and it would be a good thing to add in, I think), it seems likely that if a national Mensa loses its status for some reason, then all of its members would become/revert to being DIMs. I am voting YES on this question as well.