[Lnc-business] EMAIL BALLOT 190711-1 MOTION TO CENSURE BENJAMIN LEDER

Sat Jul 20 23:14:54 EDT 2019

Voting has ENDED for EMAIL BALLOT 190711-1 MOTION TO CENSURE BENJAMIN LEDER

All names are listed alphabetically by surname.

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Motion: WHEREAS, Mr. Benjamin Leder (Texas) is currently running to be
elected as the Libertarian Party's nominee for President of the United
States;

WHEREAS, Mr. Leder has continually engaged in behavior that goes directly
against our core principles and is antithetical to the mission of any
representative of the Libertarian Party;

WHEREAS, He has made direct violent threats and approval of domestic
terrorism against the Libertarian Party, including its National Committee
members, conventions, candidates, and members of local affiliates, in cases
not in self-defense, but in blatant aggression to achieve political goals;

WHEREAS, As examples of the above, he has published articles, appeared in
media, and  posted on social media clear threats of violence and advocate
of domestic terrorism on peaceful people,  including calling for an
""Oklahoma City style"" ending to not only the Democratic and Republican
conventions, but also of the 2020 Libertarian National Convention, thus
putting in danger our staff, delegates, and family members;

WHEREAS, He has made public, violent statements about killing peaceful
people and ""leaving their bodies in contractor bags at the curb for the
garbage man"";

WHEREAS, He has called for members who support the official Libertarian
Party position of being anti-war to be physically battered;

WHEREAS, the Libertarian Party absolutely repudiates non-defensive violence
and all aggression against peaceful people, and associating such statements
with our Party defames its members and brand; and

RESOLVED, That the Libertarian National Committee condemns these actions by
Mr. Leder as completely abhorrent to the mission, platform, and principles
of the Libertarian Party.

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Co-Sponsors:  Harlos, Longstreth, Nekhaila, Phillips, Smith

Threshold Required: Majority

*Voting "aye": * Adams, Anderson, Harlos, Nekhaila, Smith

*Voting "nay":* Bishop-Henchman, Goldstein, Hagan, Olsen, Lark, Mattson,
Merced, Van Horn

*Express Abstention: * Longstreth, O'Donnell

*No Vote Cast:* Redpath, Sarwark

With a final vote tally of 5-8-2, the motion FAILED.

*Note: * Bilyeu and Phillips both indicated that they were yielding to
their alternates' votes.

You can view the Secretary's manual tally of votes here:
https://tinyurl.com/ballot190711-1.  Votes are noted with a link to the
actual ballot cast for verification.

Please notify me of any discrepancies.

*In Liberty,*

* Personal Note:  I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
(part of the autism spectrum).  This can affect inter-personal
communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas.  If anyone
found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux
pas), please contact me privately and let me know.  *

On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 3:29 PM Tim Hagan via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> I vote no.
>
> Messrs. Longstreth and Bishop-Henchman have laid out the reasons to vote
> against this motion.
>
> ---
> Tim Hagan
> Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee
>
> On 2019-07-11 10:25, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
> > BALLOT 190711-1 MOTION TO CENSURE BENJAMIN LEDER
> >
> > We have an electronic mail ballot.
> >
> > Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by JULY 18, 2019 at 11:59:59 pm
> > Pacific time.
> >
> > Co-Sponsors:  Harlos, Longstreth, Nekhaila, Phillips, Smith
> >
> > =============================================
> >
> >
> > Motion: WHEREAS, Mr. Benjamin Leder (Texas) is currently running to be
> > elected as the Libertarian Party's nominee for President of the United
> > States;
> >
> >
> > WHEREAS, Mr. Leder has continually engaged in behavior that goes
> > directly
> > against our core principles and is antithetical to the mission of any
> > representative of the Libertarian Party;
> >
> >
> > WHEREAS, He has made direct violent threats and approval of domestic
> > terrorism against the Libertarian Party, including its National
> > Committee
> > members, conventions, candidates, and members of local affiliates, in
> > cases
> > not in self-defense, but in blatant aggression to achieve political
> > goals;
> >
> >
> > WHEREAS, As examples of the above, he has published articles, appeared
> > in
> > media, and  posted on social media clear threats of violence and
> > advocate
> > of domestic terrorism on peaceful people,  including calling for an
> > ""Oklahoma City style"" ending to not only the Democratic and
> > Republican
> > conventions, but also of the 2020 Libertarian National Convention, thus
> > putting in danger our staff, delegates, and family members;
> >
> >
> > WHEREAS, He has made public, violent statements about killing peaceful
> > people and ""leaving their bodies in contractor bags at the curb for
> > the
> > garbage man"";
> >
> >
> > WHEREAS, He has called for members who support the official Libertarian
> > Party position of being anti-war to be physically battered;
> >
> >
> > WHEREAS, the Libertarian Party absolutely repudiates non-defensive
> > violence
> > and all aggression against peaceful people, and associating such
> > statements
> > with our Party defames its members and brand; and
> >
> >
> > RESOLVED, That the Libertarian National Committee condemns these
> > actions by
> > Mr. Leder as completely abhorrent to the mission, platform, and
> > principles
> > of the Libertarian Party.
> >
> > =============================================
> >
> > THRESHOLD REQUIRED: Majority.
> >
> >
> > You can keep track of the Secretary's manual tally of votes here:
> > https://tinyurl.com/ballot190711-1.  Votes are noted with a link to the
> > actual ballot cast for verification. You can find the time that the
> > manual
> > tally was last updated at the bottom of the sheet.
> >
> > Please notify me of any discrepancies.
> >
> > *  In Liberty,*
> > * Personal Note:  I have what is commonly known as Asperberger's
> > Syndrome
> > (part of the autism spectrum).  This can effect inter-personal
> > communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas.  If anyone
> > found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social
> > faux
> > pas), please contact me privately and let me know.  I am asking you to
> > help
> > me - in a diverse world, we must work to meet each other halfway.*
>