We're writing about the April-June balloting on the American Institute of CPAs' merger with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. This column addresses: 1. The biased election; 2. The losers; and, 3. Future events. Two points about the election show it was biased by design. The first evidence is the AICPA's willingness to misrepresent the results while claiming victory. Four official announcements touted that 86.5 percent voted "Yes" and 13.5 percent voted "No." Deplorably, none noted that the turnout was "just under 15 percent," as we learned from a totally reliable source.
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