[Lnc-business] E-MAIL BALLOT: Selection of LNC Secretary (2nd ballot currently open)

[Mark Hinkle]

Dear LNC,

I cast my vote for David Blau for LNC Secretary.

FYI.................Mark Hinkle,
LNC At-large & Retired LP Chair
Tel: 408-779-7922

"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."
                                             - Samuel Adams

On 1/27/2013 3:35 PM, James Lark wrote:
> TO:  Libertarian National Committee
>
> FROM:    James W. Lark, III
>                 Secretary Pro Tem, Libertarian National Committee
>                 Region 5S Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>
> SUBJECT:  E-MAIL BALLOT TO SELECT THE SECRETARY OF THE LNC
>
> *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):
>
> Blakey, Robin
>
> Blau, David
>
> Cooke, Mark
>
> Johnson, Gary E.
>
> Lester, Bill
>
> **MacElroy, Bill
>
> Mattson, Alicia
>
> McDermott, Jim
>
> McDowell, Jake
>
> Moulton, Chuck
>
> Pellegrino, Anthony
>
> Reynolds, Robert
>
> Roberts, Shadrack
>
>
> SPONSOR:  Geoff Neale (request for ballot submitted to the Secretary 
> at 6:08 p.m. EST on Sunday, January 27, 2013)
>
> VOTING PERIOD OPENS:  6:35 p.m. EST, Sunday, January 27, 2013
>
> VOTING PERIOD CONCLUDES:  6:35 p.m. EST, Wednesday, February 6, 2013
>
>
> NOTE:  This e-mail ballot is the second ballot that is currently 
> open.  The voting period for a previous e-mail ballot opened at 5:05 
> p.m. EST on Sunday, January 20; the voting period for this previous 
> e-mail ballot will conclude at 5:05 p.m. EST on Wednesday, January 30.
>
>
>
>
> INFORMATION CONCERNING E-MAIL BALLOT PROCESS:
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> From the LNC Policy Manual:
>
> Section 1.04 ELECTRONIC MAIL BALLOT PROCEDURES
>
> 1) Electronic Mail Ballots (endnote 31)
>
> Electronic mail ballots shall not include an accompanying argument for 
> or against passage of the motion. Notification of an electronic mail 
> ballot shall be made by the Secretary by electronic mail. An LNC 
> Member may change his or her vote on an electronic mail ballot, 
> provided that the change is received by the Secretary by the deadline 
> for return of ballots.
>
>
>
>
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