American Polygraph Assocation 2016 Race for President-Elect: A challenge to my opponent, APA Director Jamie McCloughan

[Joe McCarthy]

Just say when.

[Dan Mangan]

lieguy8,

As we used to say in the army, you're a bold motherfucker.

Too bold, in this case.

ATTENTION: I'll pay $1,000 to the first person who conclusively identifies lieguy8.

I can do check, money order, PayPal, electronic transfer, or even arrange a cash hand-off at Caberet Royale in Dallas.

If anyone has any information regarding the identity of lieguy8, please call me directly at 603-801-5179.

Sign me,
Dedicated to Truth

[Joe MCcarthy]

I have a better idea.

Out and about right now, but then they probably know that. When I get home, I am.upping the ante.

No one will like it, but what's good for the goose

[Dan Mangan]

Let's get things back on track...

If my opponent for APA president elect -- APA Director Jamie McCloughan -- refuses to debate the issues with me, he should withdraw from the race.

Mr. McCloughan, are you, or are you not, dedicated to truth?

[Joe McCarthy]

things got quiet here real fast

[Dan Mangan]

Yesterday I again emailed my opponent for the office of APA president elect -- APA director Jamie McCloughan -- and asked him point-blank why he won't debate the issues with me.

Mr. McCloughan has yet to respond.

I hope the "dedicated to truth" APA electorate will take note of this continued stonewalling.

[Dan Mangan]

The American Polygraph Association 2016 electronic elections -- scheduled to start July 3rd at 0001 hours DST and run through 2359 hours DST on July 9th -- have hit a snag: the independent hosting web site is mysteriously down.

There was a similar false start last year, yet the vendor -- Votenet, based in Arlington VA -- was retained.

Given that we are in the midst of a holiday weekend, speedy resolution would seem rather unlikely.

Is this latest foul-up a mere coincidence, I wonder?

[Ex Member]

What were the results of the election?

[Dan Mangan]

There were 2,472 eligible voters, though it appears that less than 500 APA members actually cast a ballot.

In the race for president elect, McCloughan received 339 votes (75%); I received 116 votes (25%).

Unlike last year, I did no active campaigning (as through email to APA members, for example), other than to post election related topics on a couple of forums.

By the way, APA examiner membership is made up of 1,239 law enforcement examiners, 1,065 private examiners, and 413 government examiners.

[Ex Member]

Dan, 25% is not trivial.

[Ex Member]

Dan is it possible for you to find out the members who did not vote? I think all you need to do is write a couple hundred personal letters to them.

[Dan Mangan]

Ark, I likely would have won in a landslide if I sent refrigerator magnets bearing the slogan TRUST YOUR CHARTS to a thousand APA members.

But irrespective of the message, there's a logistical problem: The APA does not make a complete member directory available to its membership.

There's a partial member directory on www.polygraph.org, but it's limited to those individuals who pro-actively registered on the site. Last time I looked, that on-line directory contained about 600 names. My hunch is that it's largely the same bunch that actually took the time to vote.

As for identifying the non-voters, all we know is that more than 80% of the APA membership didn't vote.

[Joe McCarthy]