[Lnc-business] Fwd: Re: seeking guidance

[Elizabeth Van Horn]

Forwarded for transparency

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 		SUBJECT:
 		Re: seeking guidance

 		DATE:
 		2019-12-18 17:32

 		FROM:
 		Joe Bishop-Henchman <joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org>

 		TO:
 		Nicholas Sarwark <chair at lp.org>

 		CC:
 		LNC Gsuite Migration <lnctest at lphq.org>, Daniel Fishman
<dan.fishman at lphq.org>

In the absence of direct bylaw or policy manual guidance, wouldn't that
mean it's the discretion of the executive director and/or the chair?
Lack of a policy wouldn't necessarily compel one result or the other.

JBH

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Joe Bishop-Henchman
LNC Member (At-Large)
joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
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On 2019-12-18 17:19, Nicholas Sarwark wrote: 

> Dear Dan,
> 
> In reviewing the bylaws and the policy manual, I don't see any
> provision that would support refusing membership from someone who has
> made a legal donation to the party and signed the pledge, as it
> appears Mr. Corley did.
> 
> While we may not approve of Mr. Corley's crime, we do not have a
> general policy of refusing to allow people with criminal convictions
> to support the Libertarian Party. In fact, as a party that is
> strongest on criminal justice reform and explicitly calls for the
> repeal of laws against consensual sex work, members who have run afoul
> of the criminal justices system may have an even greater reason to
> support our party.
> 
> I understand that the mail coming from a Federal Correctional
> Institution probably inspired further research into Mr. Corley's case,
> it is not our normal practice to look into the backgrounds of people
> prior to processing their membership in the Libertarian Party. There
> has been some heated discussion lately about whether party leadership
> or staff should prevent people from joining our party due to repugnant
> views they may hold or questionable associations they may have. We
> have declined to engage in that kind of gatekeeping, recognizing that
> going down that path leads to fights over who should be excluded or
> expelled that distract from the work of our party and are
> counterproductive.
> 
> Our party stands up for the rights of all people, all of the time.
> That includes people who have been convicted of crimes, even serious
> ones. We support criminal justice reform and restoration of voting
> rights for convicted felons. There is no provision for expulsion from
> the national Libertarian Party, nor for exclusion of someone who meets
> the requirements in the bylaws.
> 
> Yours truly,
> Nick
> 
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 3:01 PM Daniel Fishman <dan.fishman at lphq.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> We received a check for $25 and signed version of the NAP from Royce
>> Corley, who is currently incarcerated for trafficking minors and
>> child pornography.
>> 
>> Details here:
> https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-man-found-guilty-federal-court-sex-trafficking-three-minors-and-possessing 
> 
>> I am inclined to return the check, but I gratefully defer to the
>> LNC.
>> 
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