[Lnc-business] Elections overhaul - request for input

[Steven Nekhaila]

The other option is to staff members of the Election committee with at 
least one person from the Blockchain, Convention, and IT committee. I 
have a strong feeling that the expertise in all of those committee's 
will overlap.

There is promising blockchain based voting technology that has existed 
for years, and some that is novel, that cuts down considerably on cost 
to integrate. The IT and Convention committee should be at the table for 
any discussions on technology, and of course to shed light
on voting systems and to learn from past opportunities.

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In Liberty,

Steven Nekhaila
Region 2 Representative
Libertarian National Committee

Impotentes defendere libertatum non possunt
"Those without power cannot defend freedom"

On 2018-07-14 09:38 AM, Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business wrote:
> That did end up garbled. I think I meant, "Unless everyone feels
> represented at the table, it ain't happening."
> 
> JBH
> 
> 
> On 2018-07-13 17:23, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:
>> Yes I would like to see it as I wasn't included in this before.
>> 
>> And I think you nailed the questions spot on though I am not sure what
>> this means:   Additionally, I have a concern that unless feels
>> represented at at this table, it ain't happening.
>> 
>> And I really agree on limiting LNC to ex officio seats and limiting
>> even those to Chair, Secretary, previous Secretary, and one more.
>> 
>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 3:13 PM, Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business
>> <lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> I've continued to stare at the puzzle of our Convention elections
>>> problem and have listened to quite a few (but hardly a dent in all)
>>> opinions shared with me on what we should about it. I'm sure you are
>>> all too. Something that's jumping out to me is that it's almost
>>> three problems in one: a voting system problem (majority vs
>>> plurality, approval vs ranked choice, etc.), a speed problem
>>> (balloting, tabulation, and verification) that may need a
>>> technological solution, and a bylaws/rules problem (as they may need
>>> to be updated and this Committee is not under the LNC). But it's
>>> hard to solve any one of those separately from the other two.
>>> 
>>> We will also have a too many chefs problem. The Convention Oversight
>>> Committee will think it's their job because its their budget and
>>> schedule. The IT Committee will think it's their job since part of
>>> the solution will probably be technological in nature. The Bylaws
>>> Committee will think it's their job because it will involve
>>> rethinking our election method and rewriting our election
>>> procedures. The LNC Chair and the Secretary will think it's their
>>> job because they have to staff it and run it. The LNC as a whole
>>> will think its their job because we always think it's our job. The
>>> state chairs will think it's their job because the states are the
>>> ones who count the votes and because they don't trust the LNC will
>>> get the job done. Individual party members will think it's their job
>>> because they have actual answers for what broke and how to fix it.
>>> And so forth. Additionally, I have a concern that unless feels
>>> represented at at this table, it ain't happening.
>>> 
>>> They're all correct. Do we let them all do their thing and see what
>>> emerges? Or do we need to develop some kind of structure? How do we
>>> move forward?
>>> 
>>> A week or so ago I sent around a skeleton of a proposal to set up a
>>> small LNC committee to essentially come up with an answer and report
>>> back. I got a lot of good feedback, suggesting that if it happen it
>>> should be larger, separate from the LNC, have seats named by the
>>> state chairs, limit LNC folks to ex-officio seats, have set
>>> deadlines for incremental steps, and rely heavily on the expertise
>>> of many of our members and state parties. And of course, there's a
>>> desire to audit the past results to get a better understanding of
>>> what went wrong. (Ms. Mattson did such a write-up of the 2016
>>> Convention balloting, and I'll reaffirm I am open to seeing
>>> something similar for the 2018 balloting but for all the races.)
>>> 
>>> I'm continuing to toy around with my proposal - draft I have now is
>>> a 15-person special committee that would take about a year to
>>> complete its work in five phases. Happy to share it if anyone is
>>> interested, but especially interested in your thoughts about some of
>>> the questions I'm wrestling with.
>>> 
>>> Have a good weekend everyone!
>>> 
>>> --
>>> JBH
>>> 
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>>> Joe Bishop-Henchman
>>> LNC Member (At-Large)
>>> joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
>>> www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837 [1]
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>> IN LIBERTY,
>> CARYN ANN HARLOS
>> Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary -
>> Caryn.Ann. Harlos at LP.org or Secretary at LP.org.
>> Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee - LPedia at LP.org
>> 
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