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.

[Northeast Representative Goldwater]

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

[Supersonic]

I too would like to echo Goldwater's question.

[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.

[Supersonic]

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.

Hmm. I support the proposed amendment to the bylaws in that case.

[Simfan34]

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

[Senator Napoleon]

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

What do you mean? The RPP was pretty monolithic.

[Is JCL in mushy sappy love]

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?

[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.

[Is JCL in mushy sappy love]

Not as unlikely as you think.

[TJ in Wisco]

I agree with JCL... That shouldn't be in our bylaws.

[Senator Clarence]

I agree... I also believe we ought to have new language for filling vacancies...the no confidence vote on Vice Chairman Vacancy seems a bit cuckoo!

[ZuWo]

I agree with what has been said. I'm fine with the first four sections of Simfan's amendment but not with the fift section. Also, we should fix the vice chairman vacancy problem.

[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.

[ZuWo]

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.

Aren't we the party that sort of promotes "personal responsibility" (at least on economic issues)? I think we can trust that the loser of a potential primary would be loyal enough to lend his support to the winner and not become his rival as a "sore loser".

[Senator North Carolina Yankee]

There is no real enforcement mechanism anyway unless you seal off the general election from those who loose the primary and such wouldn't be possible in a system where parties constantly come and go.

I also take exception to the anti-RPP revisionism in this thread.

[Simfan34]

All right, I strike it off.

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

[Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Funny, don't recall specifying which one I was referring too. Maybe I was referring to both of them.

[Diabolical Minds Think Alike]

Bump! I'm checking in haha

[ZuWo]

If Simfan hasn't headed off to Ethiopia yet and still has internet access, I think this may be the time to hold a vote on the amendments to the bylaws our dear leader has put forward.

[Supersonic]

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.

To get the voting rolling, I approve the by-law amendment.

Aye.

[Senator Clarence]

I'd like to add one more plank...

In the event of a vacancy in the office of Vice Chairman, the Chairman shall begin an election to fill the post within three days

[Supersonic]

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. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Vice Chairman, the Chairman shall begin an election to fill the post within three days

There we go.

Aye. Unless someone else has something to add?

[Senator Clarence]

I vote AYE