[Lnc-business] Motion to suspend Arvin Vohra

[Daniel Hayes]

In Louisiana, we have been through some legendary infighting.  We’ve seen the wear and tear it puts on people and the organization. 

We had a SCC meeting yesterday and I brought the subject of Arvin’s latest statement up and asked if we wanted to create a response.  The “No” was palpable.  We discussed it further and everybody seemed to think that with the convention 5 1/2 months away, allowing the delegates to handle it by not voting for Arvin if he runs again was the way it should be handled.


I suspect that after a 3 year period of grievances and attempts to remove people we maybe have a different perspective than others do.  What we learned the hard way was the infighting/attempts at discipline was probably much more destructive than anything anybody actually did.

I see a LOT of opportunistic and hypocritical behavior going on relative to Arvin.  I find those people whipping up the mob to be the bigger problem.  I think a lot of it likely violates the LP “Pledge”.  Attempting to use “force” for political gain.  I don’t mean people don’t have a right to be upset. I just find it curious that people that seem to think everyone should have a platform coming out against Arvin, or groups that advocate against age of consent laws doing the same. 

I am also disturbed but not surprised by the lynch mob calling Arvin a pedophile/pro-pedophile when he has very clearly stated he definitively opposes pedophilia. This more so applies to people that know the distinctions.

All that said, I am bothered by what seems to be Arvin’s  desire to “purge” the party of the impure.  The possibility that he is trying to get people to quit is the bigger issue.   


Daniel Hayes 
LNC At Large Member



Daniel Hayes

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> On Jan 14, 2018, at 7:28 AM, David Demarest <david.demerest at lp.org> wrote:
> 
> The first stone has been cast.
> 
> This motion is not about ideology. It is about the crass politics of avoiding scaring voters in order to get elected to top-down authoritarian positions and hiding the dictates of one's conscience 'between the sheets' instead courageously proclaiming one's convictions 'on the streets'.
> 
> This motion will sort out those who have political, ideological and moral courage. We will soon see whether the LNC chooses to differentiate the Libertarian Party from the Republican and Democratic parties. The future of the LP could be in the balance.
> 
> I will expressly NOT co-sponsor this motion. If it comes to a vote, I will proudly, publicly, and emphatically vote "NO"!
> 
> Who among you is willing to cast the second stone?
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> ~David Pratt Demarest
> 
> On Jan 14, 2018 4:52 AM, Elizabeth Van Horn <elizabeth.vanhorn at lp.org> wrote:
> I make a motion to suspend Arvin Vohra from his position as Vice Chair under Article 6, Section 7 of our Bylaws.
> 
> ___________________________________________________________________________________________
> Three of the four state affiliate chairs in Region 3 are now backing this motion. I told Region 3 that I'd need at least 3/4 of the region in accord to make the motion to suspend Arvin.  That percent was reached last night.  
> 
> When I volunteered my time and energy to be a Regional Rep on the LNC, I didn't do it under the circumstances of, "only if convenient".  
> I'm doing this because I care about giving a voice to the many LP members who are running for office, getting out the vote, and spending their hard-earned money working toward electing libertarians. 
> These are the people that make up the Libertarian Party. It is their voice that I represent. 
> 
> So, it is with calm resolve that I make this motion.  
> 
> 
> -- 
> Elizabeth Van Horn
> LNC Region 3 (IN, MI, OH, KY)
> Secretary Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana
> Chair-LP Social Media Process Review Committee
> Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
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