[Lnc-business] Secretary voting deadline

[Brett H. Pojunis]

I vote for Alicia Mattson for the vacant Secretary position.
On Feb 6, 2013 1:18 PM, "Daniel Wiener" <wiener at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Jim,
>
> I just noticed an interesting detail on the voting procedure.  Although
> the 10-day period ends at 6:35 pm EST today, it can end earlier if all
> members have cast ballots.  According to my own tally, Brett Pojunis and
> you are the only LNC members to have not yet voted.  (LNC alternates do not
> affect the ballot deadline.)  Assuming that you both are still intending to
> vote, the moment that the second one of you casts a ballot, the voting will
> officially be over.  As a practical matter that moment may not be very much
> different from 6:35 pm.  However, after you two have both cast ballots it
> will no longer be possible for anyone to change their votes because voting
> will be closed.
>
> Dan Wiener
>
> ===============================
>
> From the Libertarian Party Bylaws:
>
> Article 8, Section 10:
>
> The National Committee may, without meeting together, transact business by
> electronic mail. The Secretary shall send out electronic mail ballots on
> any question submitted by the Chair or cosponsored by at least 1/5 of the
> members of the Committee. The period for voting on a question shall remain
> open for ten days, unless all members have cast votes, or have stated an
> intention to abstain, by electronic mail to the Secretary. Votes from
> alternate regional representatives will be counted, in accordance with the
> ranking procedure of the region, only if the regional representative fails
> to respond to the ballot.
>
> The number of votes required for passage of any motion shall be the same
> as that required during a meeting. The Secretary shall preserve all such
> votes until the next meeting of the National Committee, at which meeting
> the Committee shall order the disposition of such votes.
>
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