[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-03: Cuban Arrests

[Whitney Bilyeu]

I agree with the spirit, but it lost me at 'demand'.  I don't like
statements that sound like lectures or tantrums, personally.  What happens
when our demands are not met?

Calling on libertarians/Libertarians worldwide, reiterating our position on
due process, civil liberties, human rights, etc...maybe even calling on the
U.S. Department of State to echo our position is great, but this particular
statement just didn't work for me.

If the intent was to declare our position in solidarity, it could be worded
differently.

I'd eagerly consider an alternative.

Whitney

On Feb 25, 2017 2:39 AM, "Alicia Mattson" <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Voting has ended for the email ballot shown below.
>
> *Voting "aye":*  Demarest, Hagan, Harlos, Hewitt, Lark, Marsh, Sarwark,
> Starchild, Vohra
>
> *Voting "nay":*  Bilyeu, Bittner, Goldstein, Hayes, Katz, Mattson, Redpath
>
> *Express abstention:*  McKnight
>
> With a final vote tally of 9-7, the motion fails to achieve the 3/4 vote
> required to adopt a public policy resolution with previous notice (see LP
> Bylaws Article 7.11).
>
> -Alicia
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 1:49 AM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>>
>>
>> *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by February 24, 2017 at
>> 11:59:59pm Pacific time.*
>> *Co-Sponsors:*  Starchild, Harlos, Demarest, Vohra
>>
>> *Motion:*  The Libertarian National Committee condemns the unjust
>> detention of libertarian activists Ubaldo Herrera Hernandez and Manuel
>> Velasquez by agents of the Castro regime in Cuba on February 2, and demands
>> the immediate safe release of these political prisoners who were targeted
>> for their peaceful activism promoting limited government and free markets.
>> We further ask the U.S. government's State Department to place diplomatic
>> pressure on the Castro regime for their release, and encourage Libertarian
>> Party members and supporters to contact their elected officials toward that
>> end.
>>
>>
>> -Alicia
>>
>>
>
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