[Lnc-business] Which states require a Certificate of Nomination?

[Nicholas Sarwark]

Dear Ms. Harlos,

I will answer your question because I have personal experience in this
matter. I signed all 57 certificates of nomination that are sent to the
relevant authorities in every state and territory where Presidential
elections are held after the 2016 nomination of Gary Johnson and Bill Weld.
One of the deadlines was sufficiently close to the end of the convention
that I had to print a copy of the form while on a family cruise vacation
and find a post office in Puerto Rico on a port of call to send it via
priority mail to the convention Secretary so she could countersign it and
get it filed in time. Many of the states require notarization, but not all.
Ms Mattson could also provide further information, since that was a
coordinated process that she did a phenomenal job of coordinating.

You are correct that holding an electronic meeting that is not a convention
would not be a legal nomination until there was a ratification at a
convention, so it would be improper to attest that something was final
prior to subsequent ratification. If, for whatever reason, there was not a
convention held prior to August 31, any actions taken by that prior meeting
would be unable to be ratified and exist in a situation of legal
uncertainty.

If you are unable or unwilling to perform the most important duty of
convention secretary, it would be incumbent upon you to inform the
assembled delegates of that inability or unwillingness at the outset of
that convention so they could choose someone else to serve as convention
secretary who would be able and willing to perform all the duties of the
office.

Yours truly,
Nick

On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 6:24 AM Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> Mr. Fishman or Mr. Johnston if you can answer this.  If any of the early
> states require this, a bifurcated convention will not help them because I
> will not sign it before ratified.  And if we have an all online convention,
> I will not be signing any ever.
>
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