[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2018-12: INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF AT-LARGE VOTE RESULTS

[Joe Bishop-Henchman]

Not on this point precisely, but I do have a suggestion in this regard 
that would not require a Bylaws change. Rather than making the due date 
at midnight PT as is current custom, instead it being noon PT or 5pm PT. 
We in DC certainly love our midnight deadlines on government shutdowns 
and budget deals and whatnot but it does result in unnecessary late 
nights.

When I was chair of Bylaws, I had a couple occasions of being up until 
3am (midnight PT) to immediately begin votes on submitted proposals or 
to process results, particularly on series of related e-mail ballots 
(amendments to a proposal, or motions to reconsider) near our final 
deadline where we couldn't lose a day. I know we have some night owls 
but I might prefer if we didn't technically transact business in the 
middle of the night.

JBH

On 2018-07-13 23:20, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
> I always understood it to be given the benefit of the doubt on both
>    ends per your email to the list in 2016 to interpret things the most
>    generous way possible.  That is my interpretation and I ask the 
> Chair’s
>    advice on this.
>    I have been calculating the beginning date as Mountain and end as
>    Pacific to give the most generous interpretation.  This only comes 
> into
>    play in the two hour window around midnight which though is a 
> typical
>    work time for me.
>    -Caryn Ann
>    On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 9:03 PM Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business
>    <[1]lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> 
>         Okay, this is a time zone issue, but shouldn't this email 
> ballot
>      end on
>         July 18 instead of July 19?
>         If the end date is for the Pacific time zone, shouldn't the 
> start
>      date
>         also be considered as the Pacific time zone?  When this was 
> sent,
>      it
>         was July 12 in Colorado, but it was still July 11 in Pacific
>      time...
>         Then 7 days would make it end a second before midnight on July 
> 18
>         instead.  With it starting on July 11 Pacific but ending on 
> July
>      19
>         Pacific, we're spanning 8 days rather than 7 days.
>         -Alicia
>         On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 11:53 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos via
>      Lnc-business
>         <[1][2]lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>              We have an electronic mail ballot. Votes are due to the
>           LNC-Business
>              list by July 19, 2018 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.
>      Co-Sponsors:
>           Bowden,
>              Harlos, Longstreth, Mattson
>              Motion: Move that the LNC would have an audit of the At
>      Large
>           ballots
>              done by two independent auditors appointed by the Chair, 
> ie
>           someone not
>              in the race.  You can keep track of the Secretary's manual
>      tally
>           of
>              votes here: [1][2][3]https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>              --
>              --
>              In Liberty,
>              Caryn Ann Harlos
>              Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee
>      Secretary
>              - [2]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. [3][4]https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>              2. mailto:[4]Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>      References
>         1. mailto:[5]lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>         2. [6]https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>         3. [7]https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>         4. mailto:[8]Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
> 
>    --
> 
>    --
>    In Liberty,
>    Caryn Ann Harlos
>    Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary
>    - [9]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:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>    2. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>    3. https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>    4. https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>    5. mailto:lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>    6. https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>    7. https://tinyurl.com/lncvoting
>    8. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org
>    9. mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org

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JBH

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Joe Bishop-Henchman
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