EMAIL BALLOT 20240111-01 RESOLUTION ON TRUMP EXCLUSION

[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 January 18, 2024

Motion:  

Whereas, In 1964 the US Supreme Court said in Wesberry v Sanders, "No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a voice in the election of those who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we must live.  Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined.";

Whereas, In 1912 the Colorado Supreme Court said in Littlejohn ex rel Desch, "Every qualified elector shall have an equal right to cast a ballot for the person of his own selection, and that no act shall be done by any power, civil or military, to prevent it.  Such is the mandate and spirit of the Constitution, and it thereby vests in the elector a constitutional right of which he cannot lawfully be deprived by any governmental power.";

Be it hereby hereby resolved, That the Libertarian National Committee calls on the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a ruling in Trump v Anderson that reinforces the right of any legal voter to vote for the candidate of his or her choice, a right that was absolute when the U.S. Constitution was written, because in the early years of the United States, there were no government ballots and every voter was free to create his or her own ballot; and

Be it further resolved, that the Libertarian National Committee would note this is a lesson to be learned by the Republican Party who has consistently and corruptly kept or attempted to keep the Libertarian Party off the ballot throughout the country for decades and that it engage in some severe internal self-reflection and consideration that NO ballot censorship is "fair" and that being denied a choice is "stealing" a choice from Americans and call upon it to stop this anti-American practice.

Co-Sponsors: Haman, Harlos, Malagon, Nekhaila, Watkins

Vote Threshold Required:  3/4 per Bylaws

I need to set up a 2024 voting spreadsheet and will link to that once made but did not want to delay this ballot.

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

[Adrian F Malagon]

Aye.

Adrian F Malagon

At-Large Rep, Libertarian National Committee

Chair, Convention Oversight Committee

lp.org | adrian....@lp.org

Chair, Libertarian Party of California

ca.lp.org | ch...@ca.lp.org

[Secretary LNC]

Yes.

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In Liberty, Caryn Ann Harlos

LNC Secretary and LP Historical Preservation Committee Chair ~ 561.523.2250

[Adam Haman]

I vote yes.

Adam Haman

Region 1 Rep, Libertarian National Committee

lp.org | adam....@lp.org

Vice Chair, Libertarian Party of Nevada

lpnevada.org | adam....@lpnevada.org

[Andrew Watkins]

Ja

Andrew Watkins
Vice Chair | Libertarian National Committee

Carota, apium, cepe, allium.

[Kathy Yeniscavich]

Yes

Kathy Yeniscavich

At Large Member, Libertarian National Committee

kathy.ye...@lp.org

[Secretary LNC]

The vote tally spreadsheet is here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yPeQmj1CzHh4gvSZV7ZoDfXOU3kcdgy2/edit#gid=969622891

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In Liberty, Caryn Ann Harlos

LNC Secretary and LP Historical Preservation Committee Chair ~ 561.523.2250

[Meredith Hays]

Yes

Meredith Hays
Region 4 Representative, Libertarian National Committee
lp.org | meredi...@lp.org

[Todd Hagopian]

I vote Yes

Todd Hagopian

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

[Mike Rufo]

Yes

Respectfully,
Mike Rufo

LNC At-Large Representative 

[Mark Tuniewicz]

Abstain.  

[Beth Vest]

Abstain.

[Greg Hertzsch]

Yes

Greg Hertzsch

LNC Region 3 Alternate

greg.h...@lp.org

(502)939-4731

[Otto Dassing]

Yes

Went to a Catholic school.

[Dustin Nanna]

Yes

Dustin Nanna

Region 3 Representative, Libertarian National Committee

740-816-9805

[Angela McArdle]

Yes

Angela McArdle, Chair

[Secretary LNC]

Voting has ended for Voting has ended for Email Ballot 20240111-01 RESOLUTION ON TRUMP EXCLUSION

The Motion PASSED  with a vote count of  11-0-2-4.

Voting Aye: Dassing, Hagopian, Harlos, Haman, Hays, Malagon, McArdle, Nanna, Rufo, Watkins, Yeniscavich

Voting No: None

Express Abstentions:  Tuniewicz, Vest

No Vote Recorded:  Ford/Hall, McArdle, Ford/Hall, Nekhaila

The Motion PASSED  with a vote count of  15-0-0-2. (3/4 vote required for public policy resolutions)

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In Liberty, Caryn Ann Harlos

LNC Secretary and LP Historical Preservation Committee Chair ~ 561.523.2250

[Secretary LNC]

Copy pasta error in totals - CORRECTED

Voting has ended for Voting has ended for Email Ballot 20240111-01 RESOLUTION ON TRUMP EXCLUSION

The Motion PASSED  with a vote count of  11-0-2-4.

Voting Aye: Dassing, Hagopian, Harlos, Haman, Hays, Malagon, McArdle, Nanna, Rufo, Watkins, Yeniscavich

Voting No: None

Express Abstentions:  Tuniewicz, Vest

No Vote Recorded:  Benner/Cowen, Blankesnip, Ford/Hall, Nekhaila

The Motion PASSED  with a vote count of  11-0-2-4. (3/4 vote required for public policy resolutions)

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In Liberty, Caryn Ann Harlos

LNC Secretary and LP Historical Preservation Committee Chair ~ 561.523.2250