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Opinion: Lib Dem write in campaign gathers support

By Lib Dem Write In | Sat 23rd May 2015 - 10:25 am

Just last year Linda Jack, a reasonably prominent Lib Dem, failed to secure enough nominations to stand for the position of Party President.

The fact that a well-known party figure could not muster the required number of names to take part in one of the most important internal elections suggests we are going wrong in the nominations process.

Of course, if we allowed write-in candidates for internal party elections, Linda’s campaign would have been able to continue.

The hours she and others had invested in developing a vision for the future of the party would not have gone to waste.

Those who did support her …

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Opinion: It’s time to embrace write-in candidates for internal party elections

By Lib Dem Write In | Mon 13th October 2014 - 9:03 am

Are our internal party elections really democratic enough? We should ask this question because we want our party to maximise the talents of the wider membership and broaden the pool of candidates standing for party bodies.

We clearly value democracy and democratic process on all internal party matters. But when we look at our internal party elections, can we truly say that we are offering the maximum possible choice to our members? And, indeed, are members encouraged to stand, or even provided with enough information as to how to do so?