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Title: 2023 July 16 Rules Report
Post by: Rules on July 16, 2023, 10:05:45 AM

Rules Committee - July 16, 2023

LPF Rules Committee conducted its regular meeting on June 27, 2023.

Attendance: Greg Peele (Chair), Philippe Cadorette (Vice-Chair), John Thompson (Secretary), Ed Appler (ex-officio)

Actions Taken

• Completed review of LP National membership sharing agreement and submitted suggestion to Executive Committee
• Reorganized proposed rewrite of Standing Rules into 8 articles to improve document flow, initiated wordsmithing updates to sections retained in proposal
• Conducted review of SB 7050 that amended elections
• Primary SB 7050 impact is on Third Party Voter Registration Organizations (3PVROs)
  
  • Substantially shortened timelines and increased late/missing registration fines
  • Added penalties for using non-citizens (challenged in court) and those convicted of election crimes to collect voter registrations
  • Outlawed using information collected from voter registrations (challenged in court due to being too vague to enforce)
  • 3PVRO registrations now expire each general election, so the LPF and county affiliate registrations will expire in November 2024 if no other action taken
• Primary impact of SB 7050 on LPF and its candidates is limited
  
  • Presidential electors now must be submitted with voter ID and contact info
  • Candidates now report finances on same quarterly schedule as parties except close to election dates
  • Clarified that a party text banking for a statewide candidate is not considered a contribution to that candidate (existing law already did this for phone banking)
  • And of course, “resign to run” no longer applies to running for U.S. President
• Created working copy of LPF Bylaws to start making wordsmithing edits

Planned Activities

• Complete provisioning all Rules documents in BaseCamp
• Coordinate with LPF Affiliate Support to send affiliates information on the impact of Constitution and Bylaws changes to their affiliation requirements
• Complete proposed rewrite of Standing Rules
• Continue wordsmithing cleanup of Bylaws to propose to EC
• Respond to any new inquiries from EC, affiliates, and other committees

Schedule

• Regular Meetings will occur on fourth Wednesday at 6:30 pm on Discord
• Committee will operate continuously on Discord in between meetings
• Special meetings and workshops will be scheduled as necessary