[Lnc-business] Partial delegate allocations based on 2016 Presidential vote

[Brett Bittner]

I will gladly pass this along to Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio.

Brett

**This message sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos.

On Apr 26, 2017 08:39, "Daniel Hayes" <danielehayes at icloud.com> wrote:

> As the Chair of the Affiliate Support Committee I have access to the State
> Chairs' list.  I will share the main message there.
>
> Daniel Hayes
> LNC At Large Member
> LNC ASC Chairman
>
>
>
> On Apr 26, 2017, at 1:04 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I will take care of for Region 1
>
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:36 PM, Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Regional Representatives,
>>
>> I am asking for your assistance.  I need to transmit the information
>> below to our state chairs.  I am not on the LSLA email list, and the most
>> recent contact list I have for state chairs is almost a year old.  I know
>> that many affiliates have changed leadership since then.  Would you help me
>> make sure this information reaches the current chairs by forwarding this to
>> the state chairs in your region?  Thank you.  -Alicia
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> -----------------------------------------------
>> Dear State Chairs,
>>
>> There are two components to calculating the number of delegates each
>> Libertarian Party affiliate is entitled to send to a national convention.
>> One component is based on the number of sustaining members in that
>> affiliate.  The second component is established by LP Bylaws Article 10.3.b
>> as follows:
>>
>> "One delegate for each 0.35 percent, or fraction thereof, of the votes
>> cast nationwide for the Libertarian Party candidate in the most recent
>> presidential election, cast in that affiliate's state."
>>
>> The Libertarian National Committee has the following policy:
>>
>> "The Secretary shall distribute to each affiliate party the Presidential
>> vote totals which the Secretary proposes to use for purposes of delegate
>> allocation for National Conventions as provided for in the Bylaws, no later
>> than the last day of April in the year following a Presidential election.
>> If any Party member seeks a modification of the vote totals proposed by the
>> Secretary, the member shall file with the Secretary a written request to
>> modify the totals along with any documentation supporting the request no
>> later than the last day of May of the same year. The Secretary shall review
>> all such requests to modify the Presidential vote totals and distribute a
>> final allocation of delegates based on Presidential vote totals no later
>> than the last day of July of the same year."
>>
>> The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has published the certified 2016
>> Presidential election results online at:
>>
>> http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/2016presgeresults.pdf
>>
>> These are the numbers that I propose to use for purposes of calculating
>> the above-described portion of delegate allocations.
>>
>> The attached document shows the delegate allocation formula applied to
>> those numbers published by the FEC, showing how many delegates your
>> affiliate would earn based on that portion of our bylaws.
>>
>> Just to be very clear, *this is not your entire delegate allocation for
>> the 2018 convention*.  This is only part of the formula.  The count of
>> your sustaining members will be updated as of 11/30/17, and then I will
>> provide you with your full delegate allocations.
>>
>> Alicia Mattson
>> LNC Secretary
>>
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>
>
> --
> *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 <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
> <http://www.lpcolorado.org>
> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
> <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>
> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee
>
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