eoleson and amt66. Abstention: why would someone withold their vote like that? Your making a decision not to "act" when all that is required is a simple yes or no on something so important. That is just the cowards way of saying "Let me just sit back and see what everyone else does". 2,002 people from M&R chose not vote, whether it be they screwed up the phone call or screwed up the computer process or simply chose not to vote at all, what ever way 2,002 people did not vote. Some people may say those votes were manipulated by the International. Who Knows!! It is BULL DOOKIE and SHAMELESS that 2,002 did not vote and abstention is another way of saying "I choose not to vote",
I'm proud of my "NO" vote and have no regrets of how I voted at least I voted and so did 9,074 other members. God Bless Them.