• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    7 days ago

    “Representing the challengers, conservative attorney Alan Ostergren argued that the candidates were improperly nominated at the party’s convention because the delegates at the initial county conventions had not yet started their terms. State law says delegates start their terms the day after they are selected at precinct caucuses, but the Libertarian Party held county conventions the same day.

    Really seems like a self inflicted wound, isn’t it?

    How hard would it have been to delay the convention until Midnight?

    Libertarians here had similar organization issues:

    https://www.opb.org/article/2024/09/04/oregon-republican-party-appeals-attorney-general-block-libertarians-ballot/?outputType=amp

    “Under the Libertarian Party’s current constitution and bylaws posted online, candidates are supposed to be nominated by a mail or electronic election, unless the party’s board of directors lacks the money to run a mail election and votes to hold a convention instead. This year, the party scheduled a convention in Moro, but it didn’t have enough members show up to make a quorum.

    LOL