[candidate-development] [adcom] Report of CDLC to State Committee

[Merelice]

Owen,

Once again you are speaking without the knowledge of having been
there. The legal opinion to which you refer was NOT sought on behalf
of the party but on behalf of two individuals who asked questions that
did not, in fact, include the very questions that Michelle Tassinari,
legal counsel and Director of the Elections Division, said her Office
could not address. Further, one opinion rendered by that lawyer was a
direct contradiction of what Michelle Tassinari did say on a question
that she could address.

Regarding Nader, that lawyer also was not given the GRP's election
newsletter which announced that two candidates had withdrawn and one
candidate (Nader) was a draft candidate. GRP-registered voters were,
in fact, informed of candidates' statuses.

Regarding what is legal and what is not: Until the GRP changes its own
Delegate Selection Plan, what is legal for other parties to do is
irrelevant. Looking to the future, the GRP certainly plans to correct
the gaps in its plan. But for now, we need to live with what we have.

PLEASE, if you can't take the time to get accurate information,
refrain from weighing in with an incomplete understanding. You are not
living up to your usual diligence in doing your research.

Thank you,
Merelice


On 6/16/08, Owen Broadhurst <owen.broadhurst at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:55 AM, John Walsh <john.walsh at umassmed.edu>
>  wrote:
>
>
>  > Well it calls a spade a spade without even naming the principal offender.
>
>
>
> Incorrect.
>
>  It misrepresents the situation, as you should be well aware.
>
>  The one legal opinion received by party members regarding this matter would  be correct.
>
>  Only legitimate and declared candidates for party nomination qualify for
>  placement on any party primary ballot, and a withdrawn candidate is not
>  entitled to have delegates at the party nominating convention. We cannot
>  with any credibility contend that commanding ostensible Nader delegates to
>  cast their ballots for him is in fact representative of what the party's
>  registrants demand as they were not informed of his not being a candidate,
>  and were not informed that he shall in no way marshall the votes of
>  delegates at the convention.
>
>  I am informed that the one major factor compelling an assignment of
>  delegates to the non-existing Nader campaign for party nomination were
>  concerns that a failure to do so would have been illegal. In point of fact,
>  elementary research in this area would have revealed how political parties
>  throughout the Commonwealth reassign delegates of non-candidates.
>