[Lnc-business] Email voting question

[Aaron Starr]

For deliberative bodies, the purpose of quorum is to ensure that the rights of those not present are protected. It keeps a smaller group who is not representative of the majority from adopting a motion that the majority would oppose (and not even be given the opportunity to debate).  Quorum is not determined by the number who vote, it is determined by the number who are present and able to vote. 

With email ballots, there is no deliberative body, no meeting and no quorum. There is no one present in a single room as a deliberative body, so it is not governed by the rules in our parliamentary authority, RONR. To make email ballots possible, our bylaws (and policy manual) had to establish special rules for how they work. Those rules governing email ballots are in place of those for an in person meeting. In effect, our rules governing email ballots presume that every voting member who is subscribed to our email list has been given notice of a motion and has an opportunity to vote. 

Aaron Starr

Sent from my iPad

> On Dec 18, 2016, at 10:58 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> No, I don't mean passage, I mean quorum.  How many people are "attending" an email vote.  Is that calculated by how many people respond?   Quorum has to be answered before votes can even be addressed. 
> .
> 
> -- 
> In Liberty,
> Caryn Ann Harlos
> Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org
> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
> 
> 
>> On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 11:46 AM, David Demarest <dpdemarest at centurylink.net> wrote:
>> Simple majority? Thought I heard that at the LNC meeting last weekend…
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> ~David Pratt Demarest
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Caryn Ann Harlos
>> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2016 12:37 PM
>> To: lnc-business <lnc-business at lp.org>
>> Subject: [Lnc-business] Email voting question
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> When I first joined Alicia was kind enough to give me a very detailed explanation on email voting, but going back through it, I note that establishing quorum isn't mentioned.  How is quorum established for our email votes?
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> In Liberty,
>> 
>> Caryn Ann Harlos
>> 
>> Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org
>> 
>> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
>> 
>> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> In Liberty,
> Caryn Ann Harlos
> Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org
> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Lnc-business mailing list
> Lnc-business at hq.lp.org
> http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://hq.lp.org/pipermail/lnc-business/attachments/20161218/db0011fb/attachment-0005.html>