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Dear Chairman Neale:<br>
<br>
I hope all is well with you. I am writing in my capacity as
Secretary Pro Tem to provide you and our LNC colleagues with the
results of the vote to select the secretary of the LNC. <br>
<br>
Text of Motion:<br>
<br>
<b>The vote to select the secretary of the Libertarian National
Committee will proceed as follows:</b><b><br>
</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><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><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><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Candidates (listed in alphabetical order of surname):</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Blau, David</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Mattson, Alicia</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Moulton, Chuck</b><b><br>
</b><br>
<br>
As of the close of the voting period at 12:00 p.m. EST today
(Wednesday, Feb. 20), the vote totals are as follows (candidates
listed in decreasing order of vote totals):<br>
<br>
Blau: 10 votes (Blau, Cloud, Hinkle, Kirkland, Lark, Mack, Neale,
Pojunis, Visek, Wiener)<br>
<br>
Moulton: 6 votes (Frankel, Hagan, Olsen, Starchild, Vohra,
Wrights) [NOTE: Please see comments below.]<br>
<br>
Abstention: 1 (Redpath)<br>
<br>
(Since Alicia Mattson withdrew her name from consideration during
the voting period, and since those who voted for her changed their
votes prior to the close of the voting period, I have not listed her
above as a candidate.)<br>
<br>
Note: Mr. Goldstein (Region 3 alternate) voted for Mr. Blau; his
vote is superseded by the vote (for Mr. Blau) by Ms. Mack. Ms.
Capozzi (Region 4 alternate) voted for Mr. Blau; her vote is
superseded by the vote (for Mr. Blau) by Mr. Pojunis. Dr. Lieberman
(Region 4 alternate) voted for "None of the Above." His vote is
superseded by the vote (for Mr. Blau) by Mr. Wiener. Mr. Blau
(Region 5N alternate) voted for Mr. Blau; since Mr. Tomasso did not
vote, Mr. Blau's vote will serve as the vote of Region 5N. Mr.
Frankel (Region 7 alternate) voted for Mr. Moulton; issues regarding
this vote are indicated below.<br>
<br>
I request that you and our LNC colleagues review the list of
votes and associated voters above and the list of voters and vote
submission dates below to determine whether any corrections are
needed. Please note that I have copied Mr. Moulton with this
message. (Mr. Blau will receive a copy of this message in his
capacity as an LNC member.)<br>
<br>
There are two issues concerning the disposition of the ballot
that require your attention as chair (and ultimately the attention
of the LNC):<br>
<br>
1) John Jay Myers announced his resignation as the Region 7
representative in a message to the LNC-Discuss list at 12:04 a.m.
EST today. I assume from the language of his message that his
resignation was effective immediately (absent specification to the
contrary, I believe such messages should be so interpreted). <br>
<br>
Thus, in my opinion his vote should not be recognized; indeed, I
doubt anyone will contend otherwise. However, as a matter of proper
procedure I believe it is appropriate for you in your capacity as
chair to confirm whether his vote should be recognized.<br>
<br>
2) I have listed the vote for Mr. Moulton by Region 7 alternate
Paul Frankel in the vote totals given above. Mr. Frankel cast his
vote for Mr. Moulton in a message to the LNC-Business list at 11:49
a.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 10. <br>
<br>
However, the voting period did not open until 12:00 p.m. EST
that day. Thus, technically speaking, Mr. Frankel's vote was not
submitted during the voting period. I mention this because I
believe Mr. Myers' vote should not count, and that Mr. Frankel's
vote (if considered valid) should represent the vote of Region 7. <br>
<br>
Again as a matter of proper procedure, I believe it is
appropriate for you to rule whether Mr. Frankel's vote will count.
(Fortunately, this issue will not have an impact upon the selection
of the secretary.) If you proceed in this manner, I believe you
should rule in favor of counting Mr. Frankel's vote. I suspect he
assumed that voting would begin as soon as the ballot was
distributed. Incidentally, the voting period was set to open at
12:00 p.m. on Feb. 10 so that the period would close at 12:00 p.m.
on Feb. 20, in the hope of making it easier for members to remember
the deadline. <br>
<br>
As always, thanks for your work for liberty. Please do not
hesitate to contact me if I can be of assistance to you.<br>
<br>
Take care,<br>
Jim<br>
<br>
James W. Lark, III<br>
Advisor, The Liberty Coalition<br>
University of Virginia<br>
<br>
Region 5S Representative<br>
Secretary Pro Tem<br>
Libertarian National Committee<br>
-----<br>
<br>
E-Mail Ballot: Election of Secretary (round 2) <br>
(Voting period opened at 12:00 p.m. EST, Feb. 10; voting period
closed at 12:00 p.m. EST, Feb. 20)<br>
<br>
Cloud: Blau (received LNC-Business, 4:06 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br>
<br>
Hagan: Moulton (received LNC-Business, 9:33 p.m. EST, Feb. 19)<br>
<br>
Hinkle: Blau (received LNC-Business, 5:52 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br>
<br>
Kirkland: Blau (received LNC-Business, 1:35 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br>
<br>
Lark: Blau (received LNC-Business, 11:50 a.m. EST, Feb. 20)<br>
<br>
Mack: Blau (received LNC-Business, 11:45 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br>
<br>
Myers: Moulton (received LNC-Business, 1:52 a.m. EST, Feb. 19)<br>
<br>
Neale: Blau (received LNC-Business, 12:29 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br>
<br>
Olsen: Moulton (received LNC-Business, 11:19 p.m. EST, Feb. 19)<br>
<br>
Pojunis: Blau (received LNC-Business, 1:45 p.m. EST, Feb. 18)<br>
<br>
Redpath: Abstain (received LNC-Business, 11:09 a.m. EST, Feb. 20)<br>
<br>
Starchild: Moulton (received LNC-Business, 7:04 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br>
<br>
Tomasso: <br>
<br>
Visek: Blau (received LNC-Business, 3:04 p.m. EST, Feb. 19)<br>
<br>
Vohra: Moulton (received LNC-Business, 12:20 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br>
<br>
Wiener: Blau (received LNC-Business, 10:08 a.m. EST, Feb. 18)<br>
<br>
Wrights: Moulton (received LNC-Business, 11:30 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Alternates:<br>
<br>
Ryan:<br>
<br>
Schrade:<br>
<br>
Goldstein: Blau (received LNC-Business, 10:08 p.m. EST, Feb. 18)<br>
<br>
Capozzi: Blau (received LNC-Business, 6:58 p.m. EST, Feb. 11)<br>
<br>
Lieberman: "None of the Above" (received LNC-Business, 2:47 p.m.
EST, Feb. 18)<br>
<br>
Blau: Blau (received LNC-Business, 5:51 p.m. EST, Feb. 10)<br>
<br>
Spencer:<br>
<br>
Knebel:<br>
<br>
Frankel: Moulton (received LNC-Business, 11:49 a.m. EST, Feb. 10)
(Received before voting period opened)<br>
<br>
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