Unprecedented overturn of most of the LP Platform!
Bonnie Scott provided the following update from the convention floor with regard to platform votes:
Normally, the platform retention vote is merely a formality. This year, however, the majority of the just under 300 delegates voted to not retain a majority of planks in the LP Platform.What WAS retained, either through vote or through amendment during the convention, follows:* I.1 Freedom and Responsibility
* I.12 Property Rights <- IV.D.3, IV.C.3
I.2 Crime <- I.3
* I.13 The Right to Privacy
* I.16 The Right to Keep and Bear Arms
I.17 Conscription
I.18 Immigration
I.20 Reproductive Rights <- III.5
I.22 Sexuality and Gender
II.5 Government Debt
II.6 Corporate Welfare, Monopolies and Subsidies <- II.7
II.9 Public Services <- III.13
* indicates approved by over 50% of delegates for retention
<- indicates consolidationBallots have been handed out for the second, confirming vote on the platform retention (i.e., a second chance for the planks not on the above list). There are three hours for voting, and we may or may not hear the results before the convention ends.link to platform:
http://www.lp.org/issues/printer_platform_all.shtmllink to bylaws:
http://www.lp.org/organization/bylaws.shtmlIn Liberty,
Bonnie Scott
2006 Platform Committee member
Posted by Stephen Gordon at July 2, 2006 01:19 PM
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