Title: Ratify Platform Changes by Ballot
Sponsor: Lowell Nelson
CBC Review: 5/20/09: 2-3
EC Review: 7/16/09: Referred to C&B
EC Review: 8/20/09: Favorable: 17-5
CC Review: 10/10/09: No action
CC Review: 1/21/10: Referred to CBC
This proposal would require county delegates at the Organizing Convention to ratify platform changes by ballot, instead of by voice vote.
Bylaw 7 – Meetings and Conventions
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Organizing Convention |
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3. |
Ratification of a changes to the Party Platform adopted by the Central Committee since the previous organizing convention. Changes to the Party Platform shall be ratified by a YES or NO vote on a ballot that references each of the pending changes. |
Proposed additions are indicated in bold underlined text, and proposed deletions are indicated in strikethrough text.
If both B-106 and B-107 pass, the result would be as follows:
Bylaw 7 – Meetings and Conventions
| E. |
Organizing Convention |
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3. |
Ratification of a changes to the Party Platform adopted by the Central Committee since the previous organizing convention. Each change to the Party Platform shall be ratified separately by a YES or NO vote on a ballot that references each of the pending changes. |
: B-107
Sponsor: Lowell Nelson
Reviewer: CBC chaired by LauraLyn Eberting
Recommendation: