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club politics

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Not sure how to handle this one, so advice needed.

My son is an active member of his local sports club.  Recently the club ran elections for various roles and he decided to run for junior fund  raiser.  He was pretty confident he would get the role as his competitors did not appear to have the same level of backing.  Unfortunately he did not get the post.  But he won't leave it at that.  Having spoken to other club members he has worked out that if they are telling the truth he would have won by a landslide. Even the senior members say they don't understand what happened and he should have won.

So now he believes that a) those that said they voted for him lied or b) he did get enough votes but the club did not feel he was right for job, possibly because he has asc.

He wants to get to the bottom off this, but I know that if either or both off these are true, he will be devastated and he may leave the club and his trust in people will hit an all time low.

Any suggestions on how to deal with this.

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  • Hi, you're absolutely right to identify this as politics.  Many a politician, whether at club level or higher up, such as in local or national government, can tell you the same story.  That old phrase "I voted for you", whether they did or not.  People promise their vote for any number of reasons, sometimes because they're telling the truth + sometimes because they don't want to fall out with someone.  I'm not sure how far asking for an investigation will get you.  In the end, as long as the votes were counted correctly,not tampered with in any way, then that's the result. They may even have tossed them out by now.   I can understand the distress this has caused, but there's no happy ending to it.  Honesty with your son could be the best policy. I think it's likely he got promises that weren't kept.  Someone else who stood may have swayed opinions after your son thought he'd secured his votes.

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  • Hi, you're absolutely right to identify this as politics.  Many a politician, whether at club level or higher up, such as in local or national government, can tell you the same story.  That old phrase "I voted for you", whether they did or not.  People promise their vote for any number of reasons, sometimes because they're telling the truth + sometimes because they don't want to fall out with someone.  I'm not sure how far asking for an investigation will get you.  In the end, as long as the votes were counted correctly,not tampered with in any way, then that's the result. They may even have tossed them out by now.   I can understand the distress this has caused, but there's no happy ending to it.  Honesty with your son could be the best policy. I think it's likely he got promises that weren't kept.  Someone else who stood may have swayed opinions after your son thought he'd secured his votes.

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