[895] in libertarians
Re: Pledge DIES in MA!! Join NOW!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (C. D. Tavares)
Tue Apr 18 20:23:26 1995
From: "C. D. Tavares" <cdt@sw.stratus.com>
To: libertarians@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 20:22:09 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <9504182334.AA22492@schooner.MIT.EDU> from "Vernon Imrich" at Apr 18, 95 07:34:19 pm
> 1) The state law -- now that we are an official third party in MA,
> we have two options. Fight political party legal constraints, or
> adopt them. One of those constraints is that anyone who registers
> under the party monaker is de facto a party member. No fee, duty,
> signature, or other requirement can be made. There is some other
> stuff in the law, about how members can appoint delegates, vote
> and so forth, but nothing controversial (most of it, a very wise
> way of organizing by all accounts).
> 2) The "split" -- rather than spend countless waisted dollars in
> legal fees, money which can otherwise go to candidates, outreach
> and real political activism, it was decided to "split" the current
> organization into two entities.
> (A) The Libertarian Party of MA -- is the official party
> of the commonwealth of MA. No fee, no requirement. Any
> one registering L is a voting party member, able to go
> to convention, nominate candidates, and so forth.
> (B) The Libertarian Association (a temporary name) -- is
> a new organization with the same requirements for membership
> and participation that the old party had. It will act in
> concert with the party, much like the DNC, DLC, or RNC, GOPAC,
> and RLC work with the Democrats and Republicans respectively.
> It's control will lie in it's ability to fund candidates
> (it's the only entity with a fund base) and influence
> delegations.
> 3) What it all means -- like the current major "public" parties,
> the Libertarian Party of MA is now public. We'll have open
> primaries for nominations and all of that. Within that structure,
> and paralleling the way the D's and R's operate, we'll have a
> large fundraising "PAC style" organization that directs the
> operations by virtue of it's organizational, monetary, and
> intellectual strength.
Sounds to me like anyone who is registered Libertarian has a right
under the law to run as a Libertarian, and the "association" can no
longer limit the ticket to pledge signers.
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