<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Attached are the draft minutes of Thursday evening's EC meeting regarding ballot access in New Hampshire.<br><br></div>Please note that the procedure for auto-approving EC minutes is different than that for LNC minutes. With LNC minutes, there is a first draft, a comment period, a revised draft, then auto-approval. But for EC minutes the first draft can be auto-approved.<br>
<br></div><div>These minutes will auto-approve in 14 days (on August 9th) absent any objection from an EC member.<br></div><div><br></div>See the portion of Policy Manual section 1.02.6 which states:<br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal">"Meeting minutes for Executive Committee meetings may be
promoted from draft status to official during the time between Executive
Committee meetings as follows:<span style> </span></p>
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<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style>Draft
minutes for Executive Committee meetings shall be emailed to all LNC Members
not more than 7 days after each meeting.<a style href="#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><span class=""><span style><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></span></span></span></a>
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<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style>Absent
objection from an Executive Committee member who attended the meeting, the
minutes shall be deemed to be approved 14 days after their distribution.<a style href="#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><span class=""><span style><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></span></span></span></a><span style><br>
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<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style>Executive
Committee minutes shall be distributed to all LNC Members and alternates
within 7 days of such approval.</li></ul>
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<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style>The
Secretary shall send an official copy of meeting minutes to staff within 7
days of the promotion of those minutes from draft to official status."</li></ul><br>Alicia Mattson<br>LNC Secretary<br><br></div>