<div>I cast my vote for David Blau for LNC Secretarty.</div><div>Vicki Kirkland</div><div>Region 2 Rep LNC</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br><br> </div><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Mark Hinkle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mark@garlic.com" target="_blank">mark@garlic.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Dear LNC,<br>
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I cast my vote for David Blau for LNC Secretary.<br>
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FYI.................Mark Hinkle,<br>
LNC At-large & Retired LP Chair<br>
Tel: <a href="tel:408-779-7922" target="_blank" value="+14087797922">408-779-7922</a><br>
<pre cols="72">"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."
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On 1/27/2013 3:35 PM, James Lark wrote:<br>
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TO: Libertarian National Committee<br>
<br>
FROM: James W. Lark, III<br>
Secretary Pro Tem, Libertarian National Committee<br>
Region 5S Representative, Libertarian National
Committee<br>
<br>
SUBJECT: E-MAIL BALLOT TO SELECT THE SECRETARY OF THE LNC<br>
<br>
<b>The vote to select the secretary of the Libertarian National
Committee will proceed as follows:</b><b><br>
</b><b> </b><b><br>
</b><b> On each ballot, a member of the Committee will cast a vote
for at most one person on the list of candidates, or cast a vote
for "None of the Above." The candidate who receives a majority
of the votes cast on a given ballot is selected to serve as
secretary.</b><b><br>
</b><b> </b><b><br>
</b><b> Should no candidate receive a majority of the votes cast
on a given ballot, a subsequent ballot will be distributed.
Candidates who received 0 votes on the given ballot will not be
included on the subsequent ballot. In addition, of those
candidates on the given ballot who received at least 1 vote, the
person with the fewest votes will not be included on the
subsequent ballot.</b><b><br>
</b><b> </b><b><br>
</b><b> The voting process will continue until a ballot produces a
candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast on that
given ballot.</b><br>
<br>
<br>
Candidates (listed in alphabetical order of surname):<br>
<br>
Blakey, Robin <br>
<br>
Blau, David <br>
<br>
Cooke, Mark <br>
<br>
Johnson, Gary E. <u></u><u></u>
<p>Lester, Bill <u></u><u></u></p>
<p><b><u></u><u></u></b>MacElroy,
Bill <br>
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Mattson, Alicia<br>
</p>
<p>McDermott, Jim <br>
</p>
<p>McDowell, Jake <br>
</p>
<p>Moulton, Chuck <br>
</p>
<p>Pellegrino, Anthony <br>
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Reynolds, Robert <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Roberts, Shadrack <br>
<u></u><u></u></p>
<br>
SPONSOR: Geoff Neale (request for ballot submitted to the
Secretary at 6:08 p.m. EST on Sunday, January 27, 2013)<br>
<br>
VOTING PERIOD OPENS: 6:35 p.m. EST, Sunday, January 27, 2013<br>
<br>
VOTING PERIOD CONCLUDES: 6:35 p.m. EST, Wednesday, February 6,
2013<br>
<br>
<br>
NOTE: This e-mail ballot is the second ballot that is currently
open. The voting period for a previous e-mail ballot opened at
5:05 p.m. EST on Sunday, January 20; the voting period for this
previous e-mail ballot will conclude at 5:05 p.m. EST on
Wednesday, January 30.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
INFORMATION CONCERNING E-MAIL BALLOT PROCESS:<br>
<br>
<br>
From the Libertarian Party Bylaws:<br>
<br>
Article 8, Section 10:<u></u><u></u><br>
<br>
The National Committee may, without meeting together, transact
business by electronic mail. The Secretary shall send out
electronic mail ballots on any question submitted by the Chair or
cosponsored by at least 1/5 of the members of the Committee. The
period for voting on a question shall remain open for ten days,
unless all members have cast votes, or have stated an intention to
abstain, by electronic mail to the Secretary. Votes from alternate
regional representatives will be counted, in accordance with the
ranking procedure of the region, only if the regional
representative fails to respond to the ballot.<u></u><u></u><br>
<u></u><u></u><br>
The number of votes required for passage of any motion shall be
the same as that required during a meeting. The Secretary shall
preserve all such votes until the next meeting of the National
Committee, at which meeting the Committee shall order the
disposition of such votes.<u></u><u></u><br>
<br>
<br>
From the LNC Policy Manual:<br>
<br>
Section 1.04 ELECTRONIC MAIL BALLOT PROCEDURES<u></u><u></u><br>
<br>
1) Electronic Mail Ballots (endnote 31)<u></u><u></u><br>
<br>
Electronic mail ballots shall not include an accompanying argument
for or against passage of the motion. Notification of an
electronic mail ballot shall be made by the Secretary by
electronic mail. An LNC Member may change his or her vote on an
electronic mail ballot, provided that the change is received by
the Secretary by the deadline for return of ballots.<u></u><u></u><br>
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