<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Voting has ended for the email ballot shown below.<br><br><u>Voting "aye":</u> Demarest, Harlos, Hayes, Lark, Starchild, Vohra<br></div>
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<div><u>Voting "nay":</u> Bilyeu, Bittner, Goldstein, Hagan, Katz, Marsh, Mattson, McKnight, Starr<br></div><div><br></div>
With a final vote tally of 6-9, the motion did not meet the 3/4 vote threshold required by Bylaws Article 7.11 to adopt public policy resolutions, so it FAILS.<br><br></div>For 10 days there has been no objection to correcting the deny/denies
grammatical error in the original version of email ballot 2016-03, so that has been approved.<br><br></div>-Alicia<br><br><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 11:12 PM, Alicia Mattson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agmattson@gmail.com" target="_blank">agmattson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>We have an electronic mail ballot.<br> <br><b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by August 23, 2016 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.<br></u></b> <br><u>Co-Sponsors:</u> Starchild, Vohra, Harlos, Demarest<br>
<br><u>Motion:</u> amend the resolution adopted in Email Ballot 2016-03 as follows: <br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10pt">WHEREAS, Libertarians affirm that self-defense is an
inherent human right;<u><span style="color:blue"> and</span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10pt">WHEREAS, the Platform of the Libertarian Party opposes
all laws at any level of government restricting, registering, or monitoring the
ownership, manufacture, or transfer of firearms or ammunition;<u><span style="color:blue"> and</span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">WHEREAS, the Platform of the Libertarian
Party affirms the right of due process and </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red">deny</span></s><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue">denies</span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(245,10,26)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">the legitimacy of </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue">laws against </span></u><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red">“</span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">victimless </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue">"</span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">crimes”;</span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue">
and</span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(245,10,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(245,10,26)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">WHEREAS, </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red">the </span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">government</span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue">s in the United States have </span></u><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red">has </span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">steadily encroached upon these rights by illegitimately regulating
and restricting access </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red">for </span></s><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue">to </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">firearms and ammunition and may further seek to </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red">deprive people who have been convicted of no
crime of their inherent right to full </span></s><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue">abrogate civil rights, and indeed the basic human right, to </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">self-defense by </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue">prohibiting access </span></u><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red">denying their civil and inherent rights </span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">to </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red">obtain </span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">firearms
and ammunition</span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue"> even in
cases where a person has not been convicted of any crime</span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">;</span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue"> and</span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(245,10,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue"><span style="text-decoration:none"><br></span></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue">WHEREAS some recent statements by Libertarian
candidates appearing in the media have the potential to cause confusion among
members of the public regarding how Libertarians view these issues;</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(245,10,26)"> </span></p>
<u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue">THEREFORE </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">BE IT RESOLVED that the Libertarian National Committee opposes any </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue">law or </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">policy which would deny </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue">or restrict any person's </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">access to </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red">any </span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">firearms or ammunition </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red">to any person </span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">simply </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red">for being placed </span></s><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue">as a result of their name appearing </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">on </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red">any </span></s><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue">a </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">government watch or no-fly list</span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue">, </span></u><s><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red">and </span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">reaffirms </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red">its call to repeal </span></s><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue">both our party's opposition to any further </span></u><s><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red">and oppose any existing or proposed </span></s><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue">regulations on </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">firearm</span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue">s</span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(245,10,26)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">and ammunition </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue">as described above and our
demand that all such existing </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">regulations<u><span style="color:blue"> be repealed, and calls upon Libertarian candidates to
uphold our party's pro-freedom stance</span></u>.</span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-Alicia<br><br></font></span></div>
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