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Proposal Details

Proposal ID	87
Proposal	2004 Convention Floor Rules -- Amendment Two - Willingess to Accept Removed
Presenter	PCSC
Floor Manager	Jake Schneider
Phase	Closed - Failed
Discussion	04-24-2004 - 04-25-2004
Voting	04-26-2004 - 05-02-2004
Presens Quorum	Two Thirds of Active Accredited States/Caucuses
Consens Quorum	Two Thirds of Yes and No Votes

Background

This amendment would remove from the floor rules the willingness to accept threshold
requirement for the second and subsequent rounds.

The Coordinating Committee will simultaneously vote on the proposal as a
whole as well as two amendments. This will mean that each delegate will
need to cast three votes: One vote on the proposal as a whole, and then
one vote on each of the two offered amendments.

Considering the complexity of the proposal, the importance of its
timely acceptance, and the fact that single elements have potentially threatened its
defeat, we felt it appropriate to try to field test a procedure that BRPP has
had in the works for some time.

Procedurally speaking, what the PCSC is doing is speeding things
up. Normally an amendment to an existing proposal will be brought forward
AFTER the proposal has passed. In this case, we are speeding up the
process by offering the proposal, as well as the subsequent amendments, all
at once.

VOTING RESULTS: According to GPUS bylaws, rules proposals require
a 2/3 vote in order to pass. The proposal will therefore require a 2/3
affirmative vote to pass. Additionally, the two amendments will also each
require a 2/3 affirmative vote in order to pass. Thus:
1. If the proposal passes, and both amendments fail, then the proposal
passes with its original language.
2. If the proposal passes, and one or both of the amendments also pass,
then the proposal passes with the amendments as the new language in those
two areas.
3. If the proposal fails, and one or both of the amendments pass,
then all we will have is some guidance from the CC for the contents of a new
proposal.

Proposal

The following section will be removed under Rounds of Voting:

After the first round of voting, candidates who have not formally indicated
in writing their willingness to accept nomination and to allow their names
to be placed on all state ballots shall be ineligible to receive votes in
subsequent rounds.

Additionally the following section:

When an eligible candidate receives the majority of votes in a given round,
the Election Administrator shall ask for an approval voice vote of the
assembled delegates, after which the candidate shall be declared the
presidential nominee of the Green Party of the United States.

Will be amended to read:

When an eligible candidate receives the majority of votes in a given round,
the Election Administrator shall ask that candidate whether they accept the
nomination. Should that candidate fail to accept the nomination, voting will
continue, and that candidate will be deemed ineligible for the following
rounds; should at that point the only remaining eligible choice be No Nominee,
then the result of the convention shall be declared No Nominee. Should the
winning candidate accept the nomination, then the Election Administrator
shall ask for an approval voice vote of the assembled delegates, after which
the candidate shall be declared the presidential nominee of the Green Party
of the United States.

Resources

None

References

Proposal to which this is an amendment:
http://green.gpus.org/vote/displayproposal.php?proposalId=82

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