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

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

Thank you Ms. Mattson, this information would be extraordinarily helpful.
Your foresight is appreciated.

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On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 1:36 AM Tim Hagan via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
> ---
> 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
>