[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2018-11: ACKNOWLEDGE ELECTION OF JC

erin.adams at lp.org erin.adams at lp.org
Wed Jul 11 10:13:31 EDT 2018


I disagree that " A room of
> several hundred Libertarians were not coerced into doing that" They 
> were given no real option. It was accept this or have the LNC appoint, 
> PERIOD. I'm sorry but that is bullshit. There WERE other remedies 
> available, the body WAS NOT informed of them, that is unacceptable. 
> This entire thing is gross



On 2018-07-09 16:16, Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business wrote:
> I get the anger. I'm angry. When we ultimately do get the
> state-by-state tallies, I'm sure we'll find that hundreds of delegates
> didn't even vote in the two races because we put them off so long. In
> the 2016 convention, whole states didn't cast votes in the At-Large
> and JC races. Them's the rules - elections are won by those who stay
> and vote - but oh my did we make it hard. The combination of voting
> methodology, tabulation method, and scheduling left us in a bad place.
> 
> All that said, I don't want to just be angry and complain. As far as
> actions that can be taken, this resolution is the most reasonable.
> Other possibilities - revotes or mail votes of all Party members or us
> filling the JC seats or setting multiple JCs in motion - are even more
> violative of the Bylaws and Rules.
> 
> I do not dispute that one can reasonably argue that every JC candidate
> was disapproved and that it should sit empty until 2022. The contrary
> view admittedly rests on a thread of legality: the delegates expressed
> their wish to take the top at-large candidates and the Bylaws say the
> same applies for the JC. There's also no doubt in my mind that had
> they been asked they would have done the same for the JC. A room of
> several hundred Libertarians were not coerced into doing that - they
> went with what Nick suggested because that's what they wanted to do.
> He just told them how. They didn't want the LNC fighting over who
> would fill the seats if they were left vacant.
> 
> I doubt I'm going to convince you but I did want to write this to
> emphasize that at least I am not sanguine or sweeping anything
> blithely under the rug. I expect rethinking how we do elections will
> be a big priority for many of us.
> 
> JBH
> 
> On 2018-07-09 16:46, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
>> Suspension of the rules has to be specific and there is no way around
>>    the fact that we used the number 5 over and over.
>> 
>>    This is taking things to an even deeper level of improper.  I 
>> object to
>>    the whole at-Large process- I don’t think the delegates made an
>>    independent choice and now to just infer this upon that is two 
>> bridges
>>    too far.
>> 
>>    This is a big screwup and I won’t be part of sweeping it under the 
>> rug.
>> 
>>    It alarms me to no end how blithely the whole situation is being 
>> taken.
>> 
>>    There are people looking at us and seeing nothing different than 
>> the
>>    government we wish to reform.
>> 
>>    There was a controversial election and at least one state chair and
>>    candidate has been asking for the state by state rallies with no 
>> time
>>    frame given him.
>> 
>>    The whole thing was an affront to people expecting an entirely
>>    different thing when they ran.  I will not be sanguine about it.
>> 
>>    On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 2:20 PM Whitney Bilyeu
>>    <[1]whitney.bilyeu at lp.org> wrote:
>> 
>>    This point did come up immediately after adjournment, while Nick 
>> was
>>    still at the mic. I don't recall who brought it up, but the 
>> statement
>>    was made that it would follow the same procedure as At-Large at 
>> that
>>    point, since we were no longer in session.
>>    No one raised the question prior to that.
>>    Whitney Bilyeu
>>    Region 7 Representative
>> 
>>    On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 3:07 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business
>>    <[2]lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>> 
>>         Joshua they were not given a choice on this.  The JC never 
>> came
>>      up.
>>         On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 11:47 AM <[1][3]joshua.smith at lp.org>
>>      wrote:
>>           I vote yes. Given that the delegates were given the choice 
>> at
>>           convention
>>           just a few short days ago, I believe we should respect that
>>           decision.
>>           Thanks,
>>           Joshua D. Smith
>>           On 2018-07-07 22:23, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business 
>> wrote:
>>           > We have an electronic mail ballot. Votes are due to the
>>           LNC-Business
>>           >    list by July 14, 2018 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.
>>      Co-Sponsors:
>>           >    Bishop-Henchman, Goldstein, Hagan, Merced, Van Horn
>>      Motion:
>>           Move
>>           > that
>>           >    the Libertarian National Committee acknowledge the
>>      election of
>>           the
>>           >    following to the Judicial Committee for a four-year 
>> term:
>>      D.
>>           Frank
>>           >    Robinson, Chuck Moulton, Darryl Perry, Ruth Bennett, 
>> Geoff
>>           Neale,
>>           > Jim
>>           >    Turney, and Tricia Sprankle. You can keep track of the
>>           Secretary's
>> 
>>           >    manual tally of votes here:
>>      [1][2][4]https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>> 
>>           >    --
>>           >    --
>>           >    In Liberty,
>>           >    Caryn Ann Harlos
>>           >    Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>>           (Alaska,
>>           >    Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, 
>> Wyoming,
>>           > Washington)
>>           >    - [2]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org
>>           >    Communications Director, [3]Libertarian Party of 
>> Colorado
>>           >    Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee
>>           >    A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
>>           >    We defend your rights
>>           >    And oppose the use of force
>>           >    Taxation is theft
>>           >
>>           > References
>>           >
>> 
>>           >    1. [3][5]https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>>           >    2. mailto:[4]Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>>           >    3. [5][6]http://www.lpcolorado.org/
>> 
>>         --
>>         --
>>         In Liberty,
>>         Caryn Ann Harlos
>>         Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary
>> 
>>         - [6]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org or Secretary at LP.org.
>> 
>>         Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org
>> 
>>         A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
>>         We defend your rights
>>         And oppose the use of force
>>         Taxation is theft
>> 
>>      References
>>         1. mailto:[7]joshua.smith at lp.org
>>         2. [8]https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>>         3. [9]https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>>         4. mailto:[10]Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>>         5. [11]http://www.lpcolorado.org/
>>         6. mailto:[12]Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>> 
>>    --
>> 
>>    --
>>    In Liberty,
>>    Caryn Ann Harlos
>>    Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary
>>    - [13]Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org or Secretary at LP.org.
>>    Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org
>>    A haiku to the Statement of Principles:
>>    We defend your rights
>>    And oppose the use of force
>>    Taxation is theft
>> 
>> References
>> 
>>    1. mailto:whitney.bilyeu at lp.org
>>    2. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>    3. mailto:joshua.smith at lp.org
>>    4. https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>>    5. https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>>    6. http://www.lpcolorado.org/
>>    7. mailto:joshua.smith at lp.org
>>    8. https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>>    9. https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>>   10. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>>   11. http://www.lpcolorado.org/
>>   12. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>>   13. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org




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