Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 02:14:54 -0000 From: auvenj@mailcity.com Subject: [lpaz-govcom] Re: J. Auvenshine Affair To: lpaz-govcom@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: lpaz-govcom@yahoogroups.com
--- In lpaz-govcom@y..., Mike Dugger <cartero@n...> wrote: > Jason,
> It appears that all our rambling has created a bit of
> confusion as to what the bylaws actually say. Here is the
> actual language of the bylaw in question:
>
> 4) TERMS in OFFICE
> (d) No member of the Governing Committee or of the
> State Committee, whether elected publicly or in convention,
> shall be permitted to be an officer or member of any other
> organized political party during their term, and such
> membership shall be grounds for termination from the post.
>
> As you will note, it says nothing about the offending
> political party being a COMPETING party; though I would
> contend that ALP, Inc. is more of a competing party than the
> others as they are seeking to co-opt our very membership as
> you've pointed out. The operative phrase in the bylaw is
> "organized political party." The filing at the SoS is
> called a "Statement of Organization." Need I say more.
Thanks for the clarification. I was apparently typing my previous message as you sent this, but it definitely applies. The crux of the matter isn't really whether ALP, Inc. is separate and competing but whether it qualifies as a political party. My contention is that an organization which has NO registered voters, no candidates, and a platform that's just a word-for-word copy of ALP's fails to qualify as a political party, whether it's organized or not. :-)
As I said before, is the party its registered voters, candidates, and platform or is it a filing with the S.o.S.? If it's the former, ALP, Inc. doesn't make the cut.
--Jason Auvenshine
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