<div dir='auto'>Region 8 will abstain from the motion<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Justin O'Donnell<br>LNC Region 8 Representative</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 17, 2019 9:35 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">EMAIL REMINDER
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REMINDER - This ballot will expire on July 18, 2018.
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I have noted the following (please inform me of any corrections):
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*Voting AYE:* Anderson, Harlos, Nekhaila, Smith
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*Voting NAY: *Bishop-Henchman, Goldstein, Olsen, Hogarth, Merced, Van Horn
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*Express Abstentions:* Longstreth
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*Not Voting:* Bilyeu, Hagan, Mattson, O'Donnell, Redpath, Sarwark
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For a current tally of 4-6-1.
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*Notes:* Alternates Hogarth and Olsen votes are presently being counted in
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the absence of the regional representatives. Mr. Phillips deferred to Mr.
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Anderson for his vote.
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You can keep track of the Secretary's manual tally of votes here:
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https://tinyurl.com/ballot190711-1
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*In Liberty,*
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* Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome
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(part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal
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communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone
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found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux
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On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 5:09 PM Susan Hogarth via Lnc-business <
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lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:
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> In the case my region’s rep chooses not to vote, I cast a ‘no’ vote as
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> Susan Jane Hogarth
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> 919-906-2106 (tel:919-906-2106)
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> > BALLOT 190711-1 MOTION TO CENSURE BENJAMIN LEDER
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> > We have an electronic mail ballot.
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> > Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by JULY 18, 2019 at 11:59:59 pm
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> > Co-Sponsors: Harlos, Longstreth, Nekhaila, Phillips, Smith
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> > Motion: WHEREAS, Mr. Benjamin Leder (Texas) is currently running to be
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> > elected as the Libertarian Party's nominee for President of the United
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> > WHEREAS, Mr. Leder has continually engaged in behavior that goes
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> > against our core principles and is antithetical to the mission of any
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> > representative of the Libertarian Party;
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> > WHEREAS, He has made direct violent threats and approval of domestic
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> > terrorism against the Libertarian Party, including its National
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> > members, conventions, candidates, and members of local affiliates, in
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> > not in self-defense, but in blatant aggression to achieve political
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> > WHEREAS, As examples of the above, he has published articles, appeared
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> advocate
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> > ""Oklahoma City style"" ending to not only the Democratic and
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> Republican
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> > conventions, but also of the 2020 Libertarian National Convention, thus
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> > putting in danger our staff, delegates, and family members;
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> > WHEREAS, He has made public, violent statements about killing peaceful
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> > people and ""leaving their bodies in contractor bags at the curb for
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> > garbage man"";
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> > WHEREAS, He has called for members who support the official Libertarian
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> > Party position of being anti-war to be physically battered;
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> > WHEREAS, the Libertarian Party absolutely repudiates non-defensive
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> violence
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> > and all aggression against peaceful people, and associating such
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> > with our Party defames its members and brand; and
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> > RESOLVED, That the Libertarian National Committee condemns these actions
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> > Mr. Leder as completely abhorrent to the mission, platform, and
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> > THRESHOLD REQUIRED: Majority.
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> > You can keep track of the Secretary's manual tally of votes here:
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> > https://tinyurl.com/ballot190711-1. Votes are noted with a link to the
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> > actual ballot cast for verification. You can find the time that the
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> > tally was last updated at the bottom of the sheet.
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> > Please notify me of any discrepancies.
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> > * In Liberty,*
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> > * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperberger's
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> Syndrome
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> > (part of the autism spectrum). This can effect inter-personal
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> > communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone
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> > found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social
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> faux
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> > pas), please contact me privately and let me know. I am asking you to
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> help
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> > me - in a diverse world, we must work to meet each other halfway.*
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