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Proposal Details

Proposal ID	174
Proposal	Steering Committee election proposal 2 from PA
Presenter	Green Party of Pennsylvania
Floor Manager	Gwendolyn Wages
Phase	Closed
Discussion	08/29/2005 - 09/04/2005
Voting	09/05/2005 - 09/11/2005
Result	Failed
Presens Quorum	32 0.6666
Consens Quorum	54 0.6666 of Yes and No Votes

Background

The purpose of this proposal is to allow the National Committee of the Green
Party of the United States to fill the current vacancy in the Steering
Committee by either affirming the certified results of the SC election
conducted in Tulsa or by choosing to amend the results of the SC election
conducted in Tulsa.

The election to fill four open seats in the Green Party of the United States
Steering Committee, conducted in Tulsa Oklahoma, originally resulted in the
election of three people, Pat LaMarche, Rebecca Rotzler, and Steve Kramer. One
seat remained unfilled because no additional candidates had been able to
reach the threshold of nineteen votes.

The results of this election were accepted and certified be the National
Committee. The three new Steering Committee members, along with Holly Hart the
new Secretary of the Green party joined the Steering Committee meeting on July
29, 2005. In accordance with the GPUS bylaws the Secretary initiated a special
election to fill the remaining vacancy. A call for nominations was sent out and
several people were nominated.

At the next Steering Committee conference call after the July 29, 2005
meeting “the elections team that tabulated the results of the SC elections in
Tulsa contacted the Steering Committee with the news that an error had been
made in the way the tabulation was conducted.

The team tabulated the votes using whole numbers, resulting in three co-chair
seats being filled and one left empty. However, in looking over GPUS bylaws,
Phil Huckelberry discovered that the bylaws specify tabulation using fractional
tranfers, not just whole numbers. A re-tabulation using the proper counting
method revealed that Tom Sevigny had actulaly won the fourth seat.”

Proposal

The National Committee of the Green Party recognizes that the drop-threshold
utilized at the Annual National Meeting in Tulsa Oklahoma, for the
Steering Committee election was not in compliance with the GPUS by-laws.
However because the results of the Tulsa election were accepted as the Final,
Certified results the National Committee declares the election over with one
remaining vacancy.

The National Committee therefore directs the Secretary of the Green Party to
hold a special election in accordance with the by-laws of the GPUS for the
remaining Steering Committee seat.

Furthermore the National Committee directs the Secretary of the Green Party to
consider all those previously nominated to fill the vacant seat be
considered nominees for the current election.

Resources

Contact: Jonah McAllister-Erickson , pghsolidarity@yahoo.com
412-661-3664

References

GPUS Bylaws: http://www.gp.org/documents/bylaws.shtml

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