EMAIL BALLOT 20220616-01 YEMEN RESOLUTION

[Secretary LNC]

We have an email ballot.  Votes are due to the LNC Business List on this email thread by 11:59 pm Pacific Time on June 23, 2022.

Motion: 

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF H.J.RES.87 - DIRECTING THE REMOVAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM HOSTILITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF YEMEN THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS

Whereas, The 2001 AUMF authorized the President to deploy forces against the terrorist group Al Qaeda, but has been used by the Obama, Trump, and Biden Administrations to administer indirect military support to Al Qaeda and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia against their ethnic and religious enemies in the Republic of Yemen; 

Whereas, This military aid has been misused for thousands of airstrikes and operations, manifested as war crimes and a bloody war of genocide, leaving hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women, and children dead, starving, homeless, and without the basic necessities to sustain life; 

Whereas, This death and suffering is fueled by a racketeering scheme, at the expense and impoverishment of the American Taxpayers, to fatten the pockets of the Military-Industrial Complex and their shareholders on Wall St.; 

Whereas, The People of the Republic of Yemen are not enemies of the American People but those who have survived this brutal conflict, with their families and loved ones laying dead in the sands of the Arabian Peninsula, may very well seek retribution; and

Whereas, H.J.Res.87 seeks to halt the sharing of foreign intelligence, the deployment of Armed Forces, and providing of logistical support to the offensive coalition laying waste to the Republic of Yemen; 

Resolved, That the Libertarian Party National Committee calls on all peace-loving people of the United States to lobby Congress to pass H.J.Res.87 post-haste; and

Resolved, That the Libertarian Party National Committee calls on President Joseph Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to immediately recall all of the United States Armed Forces deployed to Yemen and for Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to immediately apply diplomatic pressure to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and their coalition to end the bloodshed in the Arabian Peninsula.

Sponsors:  Benner, Bowen, Harlos, Watkins

Vote Threshold Required:  3/4 per Bylaw Article 5.11

You can track the progress of votes here:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NeIxdaskmLVPsnHpAtfMpa8aQpmy0c1gbn4WjYxXl6I/edit#gid=1441796518

Please advise me of any discrepancies.

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In Liberty, Caryn Ann Harlos

LNC Secretary and LP Historical Preservation Committee Chair ~ 561.523.2250

[Secretary LNC]

Yes

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In Liberty, Caryn Ann Harlos

LNC Secretary and LP Historical Preservation Committee Chair ~ 561.523.2250

[Dustin Blankenship]

Yes

[Todd Hagopian]

Yes

Todd Hagopian

LNC Treasurer
todd.h...@lp.org

[Linnea Gabbard]

Yes

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Linnea Gabbard
Region 7 Representative
LNC

[Andrew Watkins]

Yes

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Andrew Watkins | Region 5 Rep.

[Rich Bowen]

I vote Yes.

Rich

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Rich Bowen

Libertarian National Committee

At Large Representative

Convention Oversight Committee Member

Executive Committee Member

[Pat Ford]

I vote Yes.

[Joshua Smith]

Yes 

Joshua Smith, LNC Vice Chair
Joshua...@LP.org
   

[Robley Hall]

Yes

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Robley Hall

Region 8 Alternate

[Connor Nepomuceno]

I proudly vote Yes.

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In Liberty,
Connor Nepomuceno
Region 3 Alternate
Connor.N...@lp.org
MOBILE: (508)-579-7878

[Linnea Gabbard]

Yes

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[Carrie Eiler]

Yes

Carrie Eiler

Region Four

[Dave Benner]

I vote yes, especially in the interests of getting this published as soon as possible while the subject is freshest in the news cycle.

[Secretary LNC]

There are still numerous votes needed (and then the Chair to vote last):

Duque/Yeniscavich, Ecklund/Tuniewicz, Elliot, Nanna (or to to cede to Nepomuceno who already voted),  Nekhaila, Rufo

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In Liberty, Caryn Ann Harlos

LNC Secretary and LP Historical Preservation Committee Chair ~ 561.523.2250

[Bryan Elliott]

yes

[Mike Rufo]

Yes.

Respectfully,
Mike Rufo

LNC At-Large Representative 

[Angela McArdle]

*Bump*

Angela McArdle, Chair

Libertarian National Committee

[Miguel Duque]

Yes

Miguel Duque, R1 Rep

[Dustin Nanna]

I won't be overturning my alts vote. It can stand.

Dustin Nanna

Region 3 Representative, Libertarian National Committee

740-816-9805

[Joseph Ecklund]

I vote yes.

Joseph Clark Ecklund

Libertarian National Committee

Region 6 Representative

 “You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
― Buckminster Fuller  

[Angela McArdle]

I vote yes.

 Let's keep it going!

Angela McArdle, Chair

Libertarian National Committee

[Steven Nekhaila]

I vote Aye.

Sincerely,

Steven Nekhaila

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[Secretary LNC]

Voting has ended for Email Ballot 20220616-01 Yemen Resolution

The Motion PASSED  with a vote count of 17-0-0-0 achieving the required 3/4 vote.

Voting Aye: Benner,  Blankenship, Bowen, Duque, Ecklund, Eiler, Elliott, Ford, Gabbard, Hagopian, Harlos, McArdle, Nekhaila, Nepomuceno, Rufo, Smith, Watkins

Voting No: None

Express Abstentions:  None

No Vote Recorded: None

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In Liberty, Caryn Ann Harlos

LNC Secretary and LP Historical Preservation Committee Chair ~ 561.523.2250

[Connor Nepomuceno]

Thank you for the support, everyone. It is now our mission to get this in front of as many eyeballs as possible. 

In Liberty,

Connor Nepomuceno (Ni-pom-u-see-no)

Libertarian National Committee, Region 3 Alternate

Connor.N...@lp.org

MOBILE: (508)-579-7878