On July 10, the Democratic National Committee announced that delegates to the national convention can vote electronically for president, vice-president, and platform changes. Each delegate will be e-mailed a ballot and that delegate can fill out the ballot and return it electronically. See this story. The voting period will be August 3-15.
There were some Libertarian Party activists who argued that the Libertarian Party needed a physical convention to nominate for president and vice-president, and that to go without a physical meeting risked breaking the election laws of a few states. The Democratic Party decision seems to show that those fears were groundless. Thanks to Michael Drucker for this news.
It wasn’t a matter of violating election laws in certain states simply by having an online convention. It was about violating the LP bylaws to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential electronically which in turn would violate state laws because the party violated their own bylaws. If the Dems bylaws permitted an electronic vote, are moot on the matter, and/or don’t require the nomination happen at a “place” (that’s the contention with LP bylaws – can “place” mean an intangible virtual meeting) then their situation is entirely different.
It did not violate party bylaws either. Authors of Roberts Rules clarified that. And Richard has said in multiple comments that states can’t care less whether LP violates its bylaws or not as far as ballot access so it’s irrelevant. if internet was not a place the first sitting was also not legit, therefore the “Shingle Creek” motion was also not legit.
Shingle Creek is actually a 17 mile long swamp and northernmost headwaters of the Everglades, and the word Rosen was nowhere in the motion. Even if we grant that the delegates actually meant the Rosen Shingle Creek, that hotel is closed for business right now. The online and physical meeting alike were reset by the LNC for the second time only a week or so ago.
What if anything to DP bylaws say about physical or electronic convention voting?
ALL more ad hoc LAWLESS stuff in a time of LAWLESS regimes — private and public.
See the various groups from Dec 1773 [Boston Tea Party] to July 1776 [DOI] – later in 1777 VT.
Much made *legal* ex post facto.
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NO caucuses, primaries and conventions.
Equal Nom pets – 1 voter forms.
ONE Election Day.
ALL mail ballots.
PR and APPV — pending Condorcet.
TOTSOP.
That worked so well in the Iowa caucus…
What if no nominee for VP gets a majority?