[Lnc-business] Results: E-MAIL BALLOT: Selection of LNC Secretary (round 2)

[James Lark]

Dear Chairman Neale:

     I hope all is well with you.  I am writing in my capacity as 
Secretary Pro Tem to provide you and our LNC colleagues with the results 
of the vote to select the secretary of the LNC.

    Text of Motion:

*The vote to select the secretary of the Libertarian National Committee 
will proceed as follows:**
**
**On each ballot, a member of the Committee will cast a vote for at most 
one person on the list of candidates, or cast a vote for "None of the 
Above."  The candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast on a 
given ballot is selected to serve as secretary.**
**
**Should no candidate receive a majority of the votes cast on a given 
ballot, a subsequent ballot will be distributed.  Candidates who 
received 0 votes on the given ballot will not be included on the 
subsequent ballot.  In addition, of those candidates on the given ballot 
who received at least 1 vote, the person with the fewest votes will not 
be included on the subsequent ballot.**
**
**The voting process will continue until a ballot produces a candidate 
who receives a majority of the votes cast on that given ballot.**
**
**Candidates (listed in alphabetical order of surname):**
**
**Blau, David**
**
**Mattson, Alicia**
**
**Moulton, Chuck**
*

         As of the close of the voting period at 12:00 p.m. EST today 
(Wednesday, Feb. 20), the vote totals are as follows (candidates listed 
in decreasing order of vote totals):

Blau:  10 votes (Blau, Cloud, Hinkle, Kirkland, Lark, Mack, Neale, 
Pojunis, Visek, Wiener)

Moulton:  6 votes (Frankel, Hagan, Olsen, Starchild, Vohra, Wrights)   
[NOTE:  Please see comments below.]

Abstention:  1 (Redpath)

(Since Alicia Mattson withdrew her name from consideration during the 
voting period, and since those who voted for her changed their votes 
prior to the close of the voting period, I have not listed her above as 
a candidate.)

Note:  Mr. Goldstein (Region 3 alternate) voted for Mr. Blau; his vote 
is superseded by the vote (for Mr. Blau) by Ms. Mack.  Ms. Capozzi 
(Region 4 alternate) voted for Mr. Blau; her vote is superseded by the 
vote (for Mr. Blau) by Mr. Pojunis.  Dr. Lieberman (Region 4 alternate) 
voted for "None of the Above."  His vote is superseded by the vote (for 
Mr. Blau) by Mr. Wiener.  Mr. Blau (Region 5N alternate) voted for Mr. 
Blau; since Mr. Tomasso did not vote, Mr. Blau's vote will serve as the 
vote of Region 5N.  Mr. Frankel (Region 7 alternate) voted for Mr. 
Moulton; issues regarding this vote are indicated below.

     I request that you and our LNC colleagues review the list of votes 
and associated voters above and the list of voters and vote submission 
dates below to determine whether any corrections are needed.  Please 
note that I have copied Mr. Moulton with this message.  (Mr. Blau will 
receive a copy of this message in his capacity as an LNC member.)

     There are two issues concerning the disposition of the ballot that 
require your attention as chair (and ultimately the attention of the LNC):

1)  John Jay Myers announced his resignation as the Region 7 
representative in a message to the LNC-Discuss list at 12:04 a.m. EST 
today.  I assume from the language of his message that his resignation 
was effective immediately (absent specification to the contrary, I 
believe such messages should be so interpreted).

     Thus, in my opinion his vote should not be recognized; indeed, I 
doubt anyone will contend otherwise.  However, as a matter of proper 
procedure I believe it is appropriate for you in your capacity as chair 
to confirm whether his vote should be recognized.

2)  I have listed the vote for Mr. Moulton by Region 7 alternate Paul 
Frankel in the vote totals given above.  Mr. Frankel cast his vote for 
Mr. Moulton in a message to the LNC-Business list at 11:49 a.m. EST on 
Sunday, Feb. 10.

     However, the voting period did not open until 12:00 p.m. EST that 
day.  Thus, technically speaking, Mr. Frankel's vote was not submitted 
during the voting period.  I mention this because I believe Mr. Myers' 
vote should not count, and that Mr. Frankel's vote (if considered valid) 
should represent the vote of Region 7.

     Again as a matter of proper procedure, I believe it is appropriate 
for you to rule whether Mr. Frankel's vote will count. (Fortunately, 
this issue will not have an impact upon the selection of the 
secretary.)  If you proceed in this manner, I believe you should rule in 
favor of counting Mr. Frankel's vote.  I suspect he assumed that voting 
would begin as soon as the ballot was distributed.  Incidentally, the 
voting period was set to open at 12:00 p.m. on Feb. 10 so that the 
period would close at 12:00 p.m. on Feb. 20, in the hope of making it 
easier for members to remember the deadline.

     As always, thanks for your work for liberty.  Please do not 
hesitate to contact me if I can be of assistance to you.

     Take care,
     Jim

     James W. Lark, III
     Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
     University of Virginia

     Region 5S Representative
     Secretary Pro Tem
     Libertarian National Committee
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E-Mail Ballot:  Election of Secretary (round 2)
(Voting period opened at 12:00 p.m. EST, Feb. 10; voting period closed 
at 12:00 p.m. EST, Feb. 20)

Cloud:  Blau (received LNC-Business, 4:06 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)

Hagan:  Moulton (received LNC-Business, 9:33 p.m. EST, Feb. 19)

Hinkle:  Blau (received LNC-Business, 5:52 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)

Kirkland:  Blau (received LNC-Business, 1:35 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)

Lark:  Blau (received LNC-Business, 11:50 a.m. EST, Feb. 20)

Mack:  Blau (received LNC-Business, 11:45 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)

Myers:  Moulton (received LNC-Business, 1:52 a.m. EST, Feb. 19)

Neale:  Blau (received LNC-Business, 12:29 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)

Olsen:  Moulton (received LNC-Business, 11:19 p.m. EST, Feb. 19)

Pojunis:  Blau (received LNC-Business, 1:45 p.m. EST, Feb. 18)

Redpath:  Abstain (received LNC-Business, 11:09 a.m. EST, Feb. 20)

Starchild:  Moulton (received LNC-Business, 7:04 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)

Tomasso:

Visek:   Blau (received LNC-Business, 3:04 p.m. EST, Feb. 19)

Vohra:  Moulton (received LNC-Business, 12:20 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)

Wiener:  Blau (received LNC-Business, 10:08 a.m. EST, Feb. 18)

Wrights:  Moulton (received LNC-Business, 11:30 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)



Alternates:

Ryan:

Schrade:

Goldstein: Blau (received LNC-Business, 10:08 p.m. EST, Feb. 18)

Capozzi:  Blau (received LNC-Business, 6:58 p.m. EST, Feb. 11)

Lieberman:  "None of the Above" (received LNC-Business, 2:47 p.m. EST, 
Feb. 18)

Blau:  Blau (received LNC-Business, 5:51 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)

Spencer:

Knebel:

Frankel:  Moulton (received LNC-Business, 11:49 a.m. EST, Feb. 10) 
(Received before voting period opened)

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