Eligibility changes get dumped

[Paul Tiger]

FYI – both of these amendments were tossed at the last BoD meeting, so we ain’t gonna see em at the convention. Both Michele and Michael (at different times) landed on me for these. The general notion was that LP members could simply not vote for candidates that sucked wind, no matter how long they had been registered. I guess it could be so, but I’ve seen the proof in members voting for dead wood just because any candidate was better than no candidate. One of the issues brought up which I was convinced was valid was how we dealt with Libs that had moved here from elsewhere. I’ve figured out a way that might still make it – change the language to ‘party affiliation’ as opposed to ‘registered members’. If someone came here from Botswana and was a registered Lib there, then that should be good here as well. I’ll work on it for tomorrow’s meeting. – Punxsutawney Paul   Article IX – ELIGIBILITY [ Prior wording was one untitled sub-section and was worded as follows: All candidates for public office must be registered members of the party for 60 days prior to the last date on which the party can file its certificate of designation with the appropriate election official. New wording would create two sections] Section 1 All candidates for public office or state board must be registered members of the party for 60 days one year prior to the last date on which the party can file its certificate of designation with the appropriate election official.   Section 2 All candidates for party officers and/or state board must be registered members of the party for one year prior to the date of the state convention.