[Lnc-business] requesting ballot access info for May 2 meeting

[Tim Hagan]

I was also wondering about the second part.

For Nevada, the state party just has to file a certificate of nomination 
for President and Vice President not later than the last Tuesday in 
August.

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Tim Hagan
Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee

On 2020-04-13 00:13, Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business wrote:
> To help the LNC make a more informed decision on May 2 about our viable
> options, it would be helpful if the Ballot Access Committee could 
> provide
> us with some information by then:
> 
> 1) For affiliates in which we do not yet have ballot access, the list 
> of
> deadlines for naming a candidate and petitioning to get them on the
> ballot.  I know this info is usually in your reports for LNC meetings, 
> but
> that info may have changed since the last meeting as a result of
> legislative waivers, judicial relief, etc.
> 
> 2)  The nomination certificates which we send to many Secretaries of 
> State
> to designate our nominees have particular wording developed over the 
> years
> to meet various nuances of state laws.  One of its clauses asserts that 
> a
> convention of delegates convened in [location] on [dates] and nominated
> these particular candidates.  That wording may be there because it's
> important for particular state laws.
> 
> COC members have also been told by some members that if the convention 
> were
> (HYPOTHETICALLY) just outright cancelled, and the LNC considered there 
> to
> be a vacancy in our presidential ticket, thus the LNC filled the 
> vacancy,
> that some states would not accept that nomination because the state law
> requires delegates in a convention to select the nominee.
> 
> So my second data request is whether the Ballot Access Committee could 
> tell
> us for all 51 affiliates what the legal nuances are about how the 
> nominees
> must be chosen.  We know that delegates nominating from an in-person
> convention is peachy.  Would we potentially have legal challenges if it
> were done by some means other than delegates meeting in person to cast
> votes?  If so, which states, and what do they require?
> 
> It could be that some of these answers are better suited for an 
> executive
> session with our legal counsel present, but they're things the LNC 
> needs to
> weigh when we're trying to consider options.
> 
> -Alicia