[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2014-08: Oregon Resolution

[Alicia Mattson]

Voting has ended for the email ballot shown below.

*Voting "aye":*  Feldman, Katz, Olsen, Sarwark, Vohra

*Voting "nay":*  Goldstein, Hagan, Hayes, Johnson, Kirkland, Lark, Mattson,
McLendon, McMahon, Oates, Wiener

*Express abstention:*  Redpath

With a final vote tally of 5-11, the motion FAILS.

Alicia Mattson
LNC Secretary




On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 3:00 AM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:

> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>
> *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by July 19, 2014 at 11:59:59pm
> Pacific time.*
>
> *Sponsor:*  Chair Nick Sarwark
>
> *Motion:*
> Whereas, the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party state that “delegates to a
> Regular Convention shall be selected by a method adopted by each affiliate
> party” (Article 11, 3 (b)), and
>
> Whereas, the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party state that “each state-level
> affiliate party shall, in accordance with its own Bylaws and these Bylaws,
> determine who shall be its delegates to all Regular Conventions.” (Article
> 6, 3), and
>
> Whereas, the Bylaws of the Libertarian Party state that “the autonomy of
> the affiliate and sub-affiliate parties shall not be abridged by the
> National Committee or any other committee of the Party…” (Article 6, 5), and
>
> Whereas the Chair of the National Convention incorrectly ruled that it was
> in order for the convention to vote to seat three delegates in the Oregon
> delegation over the objection of the affiliate party chair, and
>
> Whereas the motion made did not challenge the report of the Credentials
> Committee as to who was the affiliate party chair, and
>
> Whereas the convention delegates subsequently voted to seat those
> delegates over the objection of the delegate chair,
>
> Be it resolved that the Libertarian National Committee apologizes to the
> Libertarian Party of Oregon for the erroneous ruling of the National
> Convention Chair.
>
> Alicia Mattson
> LNC Secretary
>
>
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