Whig Party Convention, Bird-in-Hand, PA

[Simfan34]

I hereby declare our convention open!

[Simfan34]

I would like to amend our bylaws.

1. For those running for President, the Party shall permit only one member to stand as the Party's candidate.
2. Party members wishing to run for President shall first submit themselves to a party primary.
3. The primary should be held no later than a month before a presidential election.
4. The candidate should be chosen by preferential vote.
5. Any party member running for president or vice president on any ticket besides that of the party shall forfeit their membership in the Whig Party.

[Simfan34]

Would the person that wins the Whig primary be allowed to choose a running mate from a different party?

I've intended no prohibition thereof.

[Simfan34]

Very good! I'd like to prevent the division and destructive electoral fusion/diffusion that characterized the RPP's later years.

[Simfan34]

Would the person that wins the Whig primary be allowed to choose a running mate from a different party?

I've intended no prohibition thereof.

If a Whig can bring a runningmate from another party then why would one that runs as a runningmate with say a MCPR or the Imperial Bloc be removed as a Whig?

Because that's unlikely to happen.

[Simfan34]

What is the point of primaries then? There must be an enforcing quality. I'm open to removing the vice-presidential clause but there should be "sore loser" restrictions of some sort.

[Simfan34]

All right, I strike it off.

Yankee! I have always been pro-RPP! Mind you, I opposed dissolution!

[Simfan34]

I say we shall. Any further resolutions?

[Simfan34]

I am opposed to any form of isolationism and therefore the removal of that part of the platform. Any form of isolationist thinking in the 21st century is incomprehensible and a symptom of a total lack of understanding of geopolitics, diplomacy, or economics. Atlasia may stand first amongst the community of nations, but it cannot stand alone.

[Simfan34]

I declare that the Whig Party primary shall be held on 9 September, 2012.

[Simfan34]

Oh dear, I've been ousted! I'd kind of like my job back...

[Simfan34]

Mideast Assembly:
1. SPC

City:
1. Columbia, SC

[Simfan34]

I've never been one for subtlety, so I'd like to move to be reinstated as party chairman.

[Simfan34]

I've never been one for subtlety, so I'd like to move to be reinstated as party chairman.

Just to clarify, are you motioning for a vote of no confidence in the Chair?

I'm not sure. Removing the chair would result in having to remove the vice chair and so forth. Could we simply not pass a resolution replacing the chair with myself?

[Simfan34]

I've never been one for subtlety, so I'd like to move to be reinstated as party chairman.

Just to clarify, are you motioning for a vote of no confidence in the Chair?

I'm not sure. Removing the chair would result in having to remove the vice chair and so forth. Could we simply not pass a resolution replacing the chair with myself?

I'm not sure. There is nothing in the by-laws that permit that.

Is there any precedent for situations like this?

Not that I am aware. There is nothing that prohibits us from doing this, however. And a formal election is due by our bylaws, in any case.

I assume this is a suitable soundtrack for what I'm doing here.

[Simfan34]

I nominate myself.

[Simfan34]

[2] JCL
[3] 20RP12
[1] Simfan

Those preferences were tough.

[Simfan34]

As did I....

[Simfan34]

#whigsindisarray

j/k

[Simfan34]

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There we go.

Aye. Unless someone else has something to add?

Did you not pass this, removing the whole process of "no confidence in vacancy"?

[Simfan34]

I would like to request the Whig Party's endorsement in the Northeast Gubernatorial race.