Bylaws & Platform Committee Meeting | March 02, 2026

This Bylaws & Platform Committee meeting was held on Monday, March 02, 2026, at 7:00 pm HST 

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1. Call to Order: 7:13pm

2. Roll Call: Austin Martin, Nicholas Zehr, Abbra Green, Bryce Thon, participating: Kevin Mulkern

3. Minutes and revisions from February 09, 2026: Passed without objection

4. Agenda

5. Unfinished Business: N/A

6. New Business:

   • Floor open to Discussions & motions beginning at “Article V: State & Executive Committee”

     1. Motion by Austin Martin to add a new subsection c from DeCosta’s language, second by Abbra Green: “The Executive Committee of the Party shall be elected at each odd numbered year Annual Convention and shall hold office until adjournment  sine die of said Convention or until their successors are elected. No  individual shall hold more than one office at a time except as explicitly provided in these bylaws. The Executive  Committee is empowered to fill its own vacancies, subject to any further express limitations in these Bylaws.” Passed without objection.

     2. Motion by Austin Martin to strike the prior motion and to replace 3.3 with: “The Executive Committee of the Party shall be elected at each odd numbered year Annual Convention and shall hold office until adjournment  sine die of said Convention or until their successors are elected.” second by Bryce Thon, passed without objection.

     3. Motion by Austin Martin second by Abbra Green to add the term “regular” before “committee meetings” on 4.2 and to add at the end of section 2: “nor to disparage the state committee’s prerogative to excuse absences for cause. Passed without objection.

     4. Motion by Nicholas Zehr, second by Bryce Thon to change subsection 6 to “Proxy voting is prohibited except for good cause by ¾ vote of the State Committee, and can be revoked by majority vote” passed without objection.

        
        

   • Article VI: Meetings, Conventions, and Candidates

     1. Motion By Austin Martin, second by Bryce Thon to amend subsection 2 to specify odd-numbered year for conventions, passed without objection.

     2. Motion by Abbra Green to strike subsection 4, second by Nicholas Zehr, passed without objection.

     3. Motion by Austin Martin, second by to strike subsection 5 & 6 and replace with “If high attendance hinders orderly meetings or conventions, a fair delegate system, based on membership allocation, may be implemented by two-thirds vote of the State Committee.” passed without objection.

        
        

7. Assignments: Review the bylaws draft once edited for accuracy. Add comments or have motions ready, beginning at “ARTICLE VII: Vacancy, Suspension, and Disciplinary Action” for the next meeting.

8. Adjournment: 8:23pm

The Next Bylaws & Platform Committee Meeting is Monday, March 16, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. using the same Zoom Link.