Request For Co-Sponsors: Elect Members To The Committees Of The Convention

Anastasia Wilford said:
"Party office" is defined in our Bylaws which, considering the definition there and the language here, I would say it is certainly within the spirit of the bylaws that those two terms are interchangeable, though this is something John and I have talked about needing to clean up.
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Further, "party officer" is defined and it does not reflect the language used referring to how "party positions" are chosen
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Thank you for providing the excerpt as I'm not in a position to be able to access our docs right now. I would redo the definition of "party office" as it appears to be vague. I can't think of any situation where someone might be elected that they wouldn't then be in a "specified position". It may need to be renamed and redefined or, more likely, that definition is mentioned elsewhere in the document and we need a new one to account for "party positions".

I have always had faith in our bylaws committee and we have always been fortunate to have competent people on it. But one day I am hoping to recruit a contract law specialist into the party in hopes of having them go through our docs with a fine toothed comb but without billing us $600 an hour to do so. I know, I know...but a girl can dream.
 
Is there no NOTA requirement for electing by slate or does this motion assume NOTA will be an option? Or does the option of a "no" vote constitute the "NOTA equivalent"?

Just wanting to make sure I'm following your thinking correctly.
 
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Joe Burnes said:
Is there no NOTA requirement for electing by slate or does this motion assume NOTA will be an option? Or does the option of a "no" vote constitute the "NOTA equivalent"?

Just wanting to make sure I'm following your thinking correctly.
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So the wording specifically says we need to preserve the "ability to elect none of the candidates" in order for the vote to be valid, and, since this is being presented as an up or down vote meaning either we elect all of these people or none of them, if vote doesn't pass, then we have elected none of the candidates thereby utilizing our preserved ability to elect none of the candidates.

Edit: I just reread that and I feel like I started talking in circles, but hopefully it makes sense... The more I read this bylaw, the more I think it just needs to be brought into line with our other language around NOTA
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I feel like the past few years we have done a lot to harmonize and clarify the language used in the bylaws. This just appears to be one spot we missed previously but is easy to bring into line with the rest like Anastasia was also saying.

I would co-sponsor but the threshold was already met.
 
Paul Darr said:
I feel like the past few years we have done a lot to harmonize and clarify the language used in the bylaws. This just appears to be one spot we missed previously but is easy to bring into line with the rest like Anastasia was also saying.

I would co-sponsor but the threshold was already met.
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No doubt you guys have done great work. I've seen significant and steady improvement since I came on in 2018.
 
John Wilford said:
I know that question was brought up in the discussion Ana and I were having and she didn't think it existed. I'm unsure what was said in the discussion between her, Andrew, and Christy. Can we confirm if that existed? If it did, I would tend to agree.
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I remember seeing it, too.
 
Christy Ford said:
Looking at OpaVote, it does have the option to submit an empty ballot. That could take the place of NOTA but it was not explicitly stated. Looking at the committee election results, zero empty ballots were cast in each election.

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TY for this! Can you confirm that if someone selects that option the ballot is still reflected in the totals and percentages and not as an abstention? It may solve the issue.
 
Here are the results from the Platform Committee Election. At the bottom of the list is says "Exhausted - 0". Exhausted would have a number is someone chose to submit an empty ballot. The vote totals were not percentages but the actual number of votes received. The vote winners were the 7 highest vote totals over 19 which was the simple majority.

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I need to talk with a committee member about adding a plank to Economics. Basically "Our" definition of Free markets perhaps we can use the term "Consumer driven Economy", bash on bailouts, subsidies, and govt. picking winners and losers in the Marketplace... yall get the idea! text me 214.886.4253
 
Kevin Hale said:
I need to talk with a committee member about adding a plank to Economics. Basically "Our" definition of Free markets perhaps we can use the term "Consumer driven Economy", bash on bailouts, subsidies, and govt. picking winners and losers in the Marketplace... yall get the idea! text me 214.886.4253
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Kevin,

I'm the chair of the Platform committee. I'm happy to talk to you about this. Maybe there's a plank that we can edit or revise to clarify our understanding of the term Free Market. Give me a call one evening when you have time to chat.
 
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