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CoC administered Facebook groups
by justin.odonnell＠lp.org 14 May '20

14 May '20

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I registered and never got email for test
by Caryn Ann Harlos 14 May '20

14 May '20

I want to go to the test voting thing- no email confirming my registration -- * In Liberty,* * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *

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VP Candidate List on LP.org
by Whitney Bilyeu 13 May '20

13 May '20

Bob reached out to me after receiving inquiries from VP candidates about getting listed on the LP website. Since the criteria for the POUTS candidates to be listed on Party assets was originally drafted by the COC, but ultimately approved by the LNC, I wanted to put this here.... With a very little time remaining, the VP candidates are looking for an opportunity to get their names out there, without direct access to delegates. My recommendation to Bob Johnston was that the same criteria be used for the VP candidates as what exists for the POTUS candidates. Those were already approved by the LNC, and should not be objectionable. Ultimately, either the LNC, ED, and/or Chairman decide what goes on the LP website, so if any of you have strong objections to applying the same criteria for the VP hopefuls, speak now....as time is of the essence, and it takes 24 hours just to get something to go live on the site anyway. Cheers! -- *Whitney Bilyeu* Libertarian National Committee Region 7 Representative 281.433.4966 LP.ORG

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Emails from LP and Credentials
by Elizabeth Van Horn 13 May '20

13 May '20

Two important emails went out Tuesday to delegates/alternates. One from the Credentials Committee. The second from the Libertarian Party, written by the LNC Chair. I'm seeing people say they got the Credentials email, but not the second one from the Chair. Some people saying they didn't get any emails. I've advised they check with their delegate chairs. But, is there anything on the national end that can be done to check about information getting through to delegates? Or, is their best option to contact their delegate chair? -- Elizabeth Van Horn LNC Region 3 Representative (IN, MI, OH, KY)

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Re: [Lnc-business] EMAIL BALLOT 20511-1: Amend Policy Manual 2.01 (revised from Ballot 20505-1)
by james.lark＠lp.org 12 May '20

12 May '20

Dear colleagues: I hope all is well with you. I am writing in my capacity as Region 5 representative to vote "aye" on the motion. As always, thanks for your work for liberty. Take care, Jim James W. Lark, III Professor, Dept. of Engineering Systems and Environment Professor, Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society Affiliated Faculty, Department of Statistics University of Virginia Advisor, The Liberty Coalition University of Virginia Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee ----- -----Original Message----- From: Lnc-business <lnc-business-bounces(a)hq.lp.org> On Behalf Of Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 9:09 AM To: Libertarian National Committee list <lnc-business(a)hq.lp.org> Cc: Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Lnc-business] EMAIL BALLOT 20511-1: Amend Policy Manual 2.01 (revised from Ballot 20505-1) I received a request for this ballot off-list with verifications from all of the co-sponsors. EMAIL BALLOT 20511-1: Amend Policy Manual 2.01 (revised from Ballot 20505-1) We have an electronic mail ballot. Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by May 18, 2020 at 11:59:59 pm Pacific time. Co-Sponsors: Bilyeu, Harlos, Longstreth, Mattson, O’Donnell, Smith ============================================= Motion: Please see attached. The formatting is not conducive to pasting in email. Let me know if you have any issues with the attachment. ============================================= THRESHOLD REQUIRED: Simple Majority You can keep track of the Secretary's manual tally of votes here: https://tinyurl.com/ballot200511-1 <https://tinyurl.com/ballot200505-1> Votes are noted with a link to the actual ballot cast for verification. You can find the time that the manual tally was last updated at the bottom of the sheet. Please notify me of any discrepancies. * In Liberty,* * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *

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Regional Agreements and Request for Opinion of Chair
by Caryn Ann Harlos 12 May '20

12 May '20

Our bylaws state this: 2. The National Committee shall be composed of the following members: a. the officers of the Party; b. five members elected at large by the delegates at a Regular Convention; and c. any additional members as specified below: Any affiliate party with 10% or more of the total national party sustaining membership within affiliate parties (as determined for delegate allocation) shall be entitled to one National Committee representative and one alternate for each 10% of national sustaining membership. Affiliate parties may, by mutual consent, band together to form "representative regions," and each such "region" with an aggregate national party sustaining membership of 10% or more shall be entitled to one National Committee representative and one alternate for each 10% of national party sustaining membership. "Representative regions" may be formed or dissolved once every two years during a period beginning 90 days before the beginning of and ending on the second day of the National Convention, and notice of new formations or dissolutions must be given in writing to the national Secretary prior to the close of the Convention at which they take place. And the convention rules say this: 4. In the event a region has not otherwise provided for the election of its National Committee representation then the delegates from the region shall elect its regional representative and alternate, provided there are at least five delegates present. Each Region's delegates may elect their representative and alternate in whatever manner they choose, provided all delegates present from that region are given equal voice in the selection. Mr. Goldstein has let regionals know that they need to take care of this by this online convention. I do not believe however that is the only interpretation here and I lean towards the other one since the convention referred to is the physical convention and election of the LNC is at the physical convention. Though I could argue both ways. But since LNC elections are put off until then as there is not yet impracticability for those, I think the regionals fall there too. I think requiring the regionals this month is not the fairest to the regional elections and could result in some of our regional reps being off the LNC during this critical time between sessions. An exception was carved out ONLY for the top of the ticket, thus I do not think it is the best interpretation to put the time clock for regionals in that time frame. Mr. Chair can you please advise on this ASAP? I need to resend the regional formation manual to the state chairs and I would like to clarify this situation with them. * In Liberty,* * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *

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Convention plans
by Nicholas Sarwark 12 May '20

12 May '20

Dear All, My intent is to gavel in the convention at 5:00 pm Austin time on May 22, with a goal of getting through the initial credentials report and adoption of the agenda, then resuming at 10:00 am Austin time on May 23. A more detailed statement will be going out later today once I work with Mr. Fishman and after his call with the Zoom representatives this afternoon that will answer some of our questions. If you have any questions or concerns that you would like to see answered or addressed in a statement to the delegates and the public, please let me know what they are. It is also our intent to have sessions Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday where delegates can come in and participate in the space, using the parliamentary procedure of Robert's Rules to debate important questions, such as “Is a hot dog a sandwich,” and vote by state delegation on pressing issues of the day, such as “Which fast food chain has the best french fries.” All of these events will be streamed as well, so if people are unable to participate, they can at least see what it looks like. As I told staff in the standup meeting this morning, everything is going to be great and we are going to make this a success. Yours truly, Nick

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Convention request
by john.phillips＠lp.org 12 May '20

12 May '20

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Informational purposes: former draft of procedures for online balloting
by Joe Bishop-Henchman 12 May '20

12 May '20

Colleagues, I've attached (and pasted below) language providing procedures for online balloting, aiming to deviate as little as possible from our existing Bylaws and Rules. It was developed by the Bylaws Committee for the "rump" convention option and subsequently refined by a group of volunteers from the Committee in anticipation of being asked to do so by the LNC, although that did not come to happen. It's technically in the form of a Bylaws amendment. The Bylaws Committee is not empowered to do anything with this language given the approach the LNC has taken, so the mechanics of nomination and balloting are left in some fashion to the Chair, the Secretary, the Credentials Committee, the Convention Oversight Committee, the LNC itself, and the delegates themselves. I share this in case any of those parties may find anything in here of benefit or use. JBH PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF CONDUCTING THE FIRST SITTING OF THE 2020 REGULAR CONVENTION 1. Pursuant to the LNC action of May 9, 2020 bifurcating the 2020 Regular Convention business between first online sitting beginning May 22, 2020 and second sitting as specified by the LNC, these procedures address the business of the 2020 Regular Convention. 2. This action will be submitted for ratification by the next in-person sitting of the Regular Convention. 3. All affiliate parties shall ensure that the Credentials Committee has received, if they have not already, the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of all delegates and alternates chosen to the 2020 Regular Convention. The names and contact information received by the Credentials Committee from the affiliate parties shall constitute the credentials report, and all such delegates shall be presumed present for electronic balloting upon the adoption of that report by the Credentials Committee. Delegation Chairs shall be permitted to substitute alternate delegates with primary delegates between any one round of voting, which shall be deemed, once confirmed by the Credentials Committee, to automatically be added to the credentials report. A delegate is determined to be present for quorum purposes, for any particular vote by casting a vote for that office. 4. Nominations shall be made via email from delegates to their Delegation Chair, who shall communicate the names and total number of nominations of each candidate to the Secretary; in the alternative, software or other electronic system provided by the LNC Secretary may permit nominations to be made. Each delegate is entitled to one nomination for each office to be filled. Nominations must be made by at least thirty (30) credential delegates. Nominations shall close one (1) hour before the start of the electronic ballot for that particular election; provided that any candidate that was not successful for the office of President shall be deemed automatically nominated for Vice President if they communicate to the Secretary that they would accept the nomination for that office; and further provided that nominations for the office of Vice President shall not close until two (2) hours after the conclusion of the final ballot for President. 5. Electronic balloting shall take place via method selected and utilized by each Delegation Chair, and the Libertarian National Committee shall make available the option of utilizing suitable software, combination of software, or other electronic means, provided that such method shall: a. permit all credentialed delegates to vote in a matter that is sufficiently verified and secure; b. inform delegates via e-mail or other electronic means of when ballots are sent and how long they have to vote; c. send an electronic receipt once a ballot is cast to that delegate with their votes, and to their Delegation Chair that the particular delegate has voted; and d. at the end of each round of balloting, send each Delegation Chair a running total of the votes cast by their delegation for each election. Any such balloting system should to the extent possible be secure, preserve the anonymity of particular delegates’ votes, and create a sufficient audit trail to be available for inspection and auditing if discrepancies should arise. Each electronic ballot shall be a single question or election. For election ballots, delegates shall have three (3) hours to vote or until all delegations have completed their tallies, whichever occurs first, and only one (1) electronic ballot shall be conducted at a time unless the system clearly annotates what the ballot being cast is being cast for, and in that event, not more than two (2) ballots shall be cast at the same time. Ballots shall not begin prior to noon Eastern Time nor conclude after 11 P.M. Eastern Time. 6. In the event of a technical difficulty which impedes the casting of any votes or the functioning of the elections system, including, but not limited to, the tabulation of votes or the auditing functions, the Libertarian National Committee shall have the ability to declare, by a three-fourths (3/4) vote, that a technical difficulty has arisen, and either (i) extend the period for that particular election or (ii) to declare a particular vote and election void, and then redo that election. The Libertarian National Committee shall be in continuous session during the Regular Convention. 7. The Chair shall, via public livestream or other suitable method, announce each ballot, the options nominated or available on that ballot, and if applicable and available, the results of any previous ballot(s). At the discretion of the Chair, nominating speeches for any office can be livestreamed, or, in the alternative, a link to pre-recorded nominating speeches, can be provided. 8. Ballots for all nominations and offices shall be conducted under the usual procedures regarding successive elimination ballots. Votes shall be recorded including the numbers for each state delegation, and these results shall be displayed in a manner that allows each delegation to review for accuracy. In the event of any discrepancy between the totals the delegation chair received and the totals posted, the Delegation Chair and Secretary shall endeavor to resolve the discrepancy, and, if they are not able to do so, the National Committee shall resolve that discrepancy. 9. The Chair may certify and report the results of the nomination for President to Vice President prior to the adjournment sine die of the 2020 Regular Convention, upon the conclusion of those ballots, if such certification is needed to meet any ballot access or filing deadlines. All voting shall be completed and all results shall be announced before adjournment sine die of the 2020 Regular Convention business session, regardless of this date and time. ------------ Joe Bishop-Henchman LNC Member (At-Large) joe.bishop-henchman(a)lp.org www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837

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Outgoing chair of Constitution Party
by Caryn Ann Harlos 12 May '20

12 May '20

Richard Winger kindly put in touch with him and I plan on picking his brain for his comments on how they successfully held some online business. * In Liberty,* * Personal Note: I have what is commonly known as Asperger's Syndrome (part of the autism spectrum). This can affect inter-personal communication skills in both personal and electronic arenas. If anyone found anything offensive or overly off-putting (or some other social faux pas) in an actual email, please contact me privately and let me know. *

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