<div>I believe a candidate must receive at least 9 votes (a majority of the LNC) to score a win.</div><div>Jim and Geoff please clarify.</div><div>VK</div><div><br><br> </div><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:19 AM, Arvin Vohra <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arvin@arvinvohra.com" target="_blank">arvin@arvinvohra.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">Just to clarify: a winning candidate needs a majority, not a plurality, right? If so, does this voting procedure actually have that particular issue?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>
<br></div></font></span><div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-Arvinthe</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:40 AM, Starchild <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sfdreamer@earthlink.net" target="_blank">sfdreamer@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Jim,<div><br></div><div>
<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>I'm not sure how the voting method described below was chosen (perhaps I've overlooked or forgotten an email that would answer that question), but on consideration it seems to me that it was a poor choice, because it favors candidates deemed more likely to have a chance of receiving a majority of votes cast on a given ballot.</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>A</span>s with other aspects of governance, I think the Libertarian Party should conduct elections the same way we want them to be handled in the larger polity. This means we should <b><i>not</i></b> be using voting methods which could discourage people from voting for candidates expected to be less popular, out of fear of "wasting their votes" -- a practice which costs the LP and other alternative parties in the United States much support.</div>
<div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>With this in mind, I urge that we reopen this ballot for secretary <i>without</i> the rule that a majority on any given ballot will get a candidate elected.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Love & Liberty,</div><div> ((( starchild )))</div><div>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div><div> (415) 625-FREE</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Jan 27, 2013, at 3:35 PM, James Lark wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">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>The vote to select the secretary of the Libertarian National Committee will proceed as follows:<br>
<br>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.<br>
<br>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.<br>
<br>The voting process will continue until a ballot produces a candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast on that given ballot.<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.<br>Lester, Bill<br><br>MacElroy, Bill <br><br>Mattson, Alicia<br>McDermott, Jim <br>McDowell, Jake <br>Moulton, Chuck <br>Pellegrino, Anthony <br><br>Reynolds, Robert<br>
<br>Roberts, Shadrack <br><br><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:<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.<br>
<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.<br>
<br><br>From the LNC Policy Manual:<br> <br>Section 1.04 ELECTRONIC MAIL BALLOT PROCEDURES<br><br>1) Electronic Mail Ballots (endnote 31)<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.<br>
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