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
