Executive Committee Resolution #4: Motion made by Anne Merkl, seconded by Jim Mangia.

Whereas, the burden of proving voters names submitted by a candidate or his campaign comply with the Party�s rules for eligible voters rests solely upon the candidate; and

Whereas, the Buchanan campaign has failed to comply with the proper directives of the Presidential Nominations Committee to disclose the supporting documentation which would prove the eligibility of some 500,000 names submitted by the Buchanan campaign; and

Whereas, Pat Buchanan, through his campaign�s deliberate disregard for a fair, open and verifiable presidential nominations process has rendered the Reform Party�s eligible voter list unverifiable to the membership, the Party officers, the Party�s election Judges (in the form of the Presidential Nominations Committee) and the public; now, therefore be it

Resolved, Pat Buchanan has disqualified himself from receiving any verifiable votes and is hereby disqualified from the mail-in ballot for the Reform Party presidential nomination.

Vote: Motion passed 7 - 0 (unanimously).

Rules for the selection of Reform Party of the United States Nominees for President and Vice-President of the United States:

1. The Executive Committee shall compile a list of states for which the Party does not have ballot access in the presidential election year. This list shall be made available no later than July 1 of the year immediately preceding the presidential election year. The Presidential Nominations Committee shall have the authority to remove a state from the list by unanimous vote.
    
2. To qualify for the Primary, candidates shall be required to qualify for the ballot as an independent candidate for President of the United States in states contained in the list compiled in accordance with III-(1).
    
3. In order for a candidate to be considered to have qualified for the ballot as an independent candidate for President under these rules, evidence must be provided to the Presidential Nominations Committee that the candidate has either:
   1. been certified by a given state to have the candidate's name placed on the general election ballot as an independent candidate for President, or
   2. fulfilled a significant portion of the requirements to have the candidate's name placed on the general election ballot as an independent candidate for President in states where the date for certification falls after July 1.

   The Presidential Nominations Committee shall specify the exact requirements for each state which fall under III-(3)(b) no later than November 1 of the year immediately preceding the presidential election year and such requirements shall be approved by unanimous vote. If a unanimous vote is not achieved for such requirements, the requirements shall be set to zero.

4. Any candidate may submit to the Presidential Nominations Committee an electronic copy of the names and addresses of registered voters who have signed petitions either to be included in the Primary or to qualify the candidate for the ballot in accordance with III-(3). The electronic copies must be in the authorized common digital format as proscribed for in I-(5). The deadline for the submission of this electronic list shall be July 1 of the presidential election year.
    
5. A candidate is considered to have qualified for the Primary if the candidate has qualified for the ballot as an independent candidate for President in accordance with III-(3) in states which comprise at least a majority of electoral votes from all states contained in the list compiled in accordance with III-(1). The Presidential Nominations Committee shall announce the candidates who have qualified for the Primary on July 2 of the presidential election year.
    
6. Two or more candidates may enter into a compact stating that if one candidate of the compact receives the nomination, the other candidates of the compact agree to substitute the name of the nominee on all ballot lines within the compact. The Presidential Nominations Committee shall have the authority to consider one candidate within the compact qualifying for the ballot in accordance with III-(3) as all candidates within the compact qualifying for the ballot.
    

1. The Reform Party Presidential Primary shall be held between July 4 of the presidential election year and the meeting of the National Convention in the presidential election year.
    
2. A primary ballot shall be distributed to the following registered voters of the United States:
   1. voters who are members of State Parties as identified by lists provided to the Presidential Nominations Committee in accordance with I-(6).
   2. voters signing petitions submitted by candidates in accordance with III-(4)
   3. voters contacting the various State Parties specifically requesting to participate in the Reform Party Presidential Primary as identified by lists provided to the Presidential Nominations Committee in accordance with I-(6). The Presidential Nominations Committee shall take such actions in order that no individual receives more than one primary ballot.
   
   
3. Each candidate who is considered to have qualified for the Primary shall be considered a Primary Candidate.
    
4. The names of the Primary Candidates on the primary ballot shall appear in a random order as determined by the Presidential Nominations Committee. The random determination of the order of the names shall be open and representatives for each Primary Candidate shall be allowed to observe.
    
5. The primary ballot shall consist of:
   1. the names of Primary Candidates in accordance with IV-(4)
   2. columns labeled "First Choice", "Second Choice", and "Third Choice" next to each of the Primary Candidates' names
   3. an identification number for the ballot
      1. The identification number shall be used within the Reform Party Presidential Nomination Process solely to determine the validity or invalidity of the cast ballot and to determine the state of residence of the voter casting the ballot.
      2. No efforts shall be made to use the identification numbers to identify or record how certain individuals voted within the Primary.
    
6. The Presidential Nominations Committee shall construct the primary ballot in such a manner as to provide an efficient manner of tallying the votes cast in accordance with these rules.
    
7. For a vote to be considered valid within the Primary, the vote must be received by the Presidential Nominations Committee:
   1. prior to the start of the Reform Party National Convention, and
   2. in person, by mail, by phone, or by internet in a manner proscribed by the Presidential Nominations Committee in accordance with these rules.
    
8. Votes within the Primary shall be recorded as follows:
   1. Primary votes cast with a valid identification number shall be recorded.
   2. Primary votes cast without a valid identification number or with an invalid identification number shall not be recorded.
   3. From the total number of recorded votes, the number of votes from each state shall be recorded.
   4. Within the recording of votes from each state, the number of votes cast for each Primary Candidate as "First Choice" shall be recorded.
   5. Within the recording of votes for each Primary Candidate as "First Choice", the number of votes cast for each Primary Candidate as "Second Choice" shall be recorded.
   6. Within the recording of votes for each Primary Candidate as "Second Choice", the number of votes cast for each Primary Candidate as "Third Choice" shall be recorded.
    
9. The votes cast for each Primary Candidate from a given state in a given round of voting shall be determined as follows:
   1. In the first round of voting, each Primary Candidate shall receive all votes recorded for the given Primary Candidate as "First Choice".
   2. If the current round of voting is a runoff round, the Primary Candidate receiving the lowest number of votes in the previous round is eliminated from the runoff.
   3. In runoff rounds of voting, each remaining Primary Candidate shall receive all votes recorded for the given Primary Candidate as the highest choice among the remaining Primary Candidates. For purposes of this section, "First Choice" is considered a higher choice than "Second Choice" and "Third Choice", and "Second Choice" is considered a higher choice than "Third Choice".
   4. All votes recorded in which none of the Primary Candidates in the current round of voting are selected as "choices" shall not be counted towards calculating the majority of the votes cast.
    
10. Results of the Primary shall be announced during the Reform Party National Convention at a time set by the approved agenda of the Convention as follows unless the Primary is overridden in accordance with IV-(11):
    1. Representatives from each State Party shall announce from the floor of the Convention the number of primary votes cast from their state for each Primary Candidate as provided by the Presidential Nominations Committee in accordance with IV-(9). If a discrepancy arises between the number of votes announced and the number of votes cast by the Presidential Nominations Committee, the number of votes cast shall take precedence.
    2. If no Primary Candidate receives at least a majority of the votes cast in any round of voting, the Convention Chair shall announce that a runoff shall take place in accordance with these rules. The results of the next round of voting shall be announced as proscribed in IV-(9)(a) no earlier than thirty (30) minutes following the announcement of the runoff.
    3. If a Primary Candidate receives at least a majority of the votes cast in any round of voting, the Convention Chair shall announce that the Primary Candidate receiving at least a majority of the votes cast in the Primary is the nominee of the Party for President of the United States.
        
11. The process of selecting the nominee of the Party for President of the United States by the Primary shall be overridden only as provided for in this section.
    1. A motion to override the Primary shall be considered in order if either of the following conditions are met:
       1. the Secretary of the Party has received certified resolutions from the governing bodies of at least a majority of State Parties making such a motion to override.
       2. the Chair of the Convention has received resolutions from at least a majority of the State Delegations making such a motion to override. A motion to override the Primary shall be considered out of order if neither IV-(11)(a)(1) nor IV-(11)(a)(2) are met. A motion to override the Primary may not be reconsidered.
    2. The Primary shall be overridden if the motion to override is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the National Convention.
    3. If the Primary is overridden, the selection of the Party's nominee for President of the United States shall be conducted in accordance with the rules for selecting the Party's nominee for Vice-President of the United States.
     
12. Each Primary Candidate shall be allowed to address the National Convention for a period not to exceed thirty (30) minutes.
     
13. Each Primary Candidate shall be allowed to provide a photograph and a five-hundred (500) word statement for inclusion within the primary ballot. The photograph and statement shall be received by the Presidential Nominations Committee no later than July 1 of the presidential election year.
     
14. In the case of a tie, the breaking of the tie shall be determined by the National Convention.
     

1. The selection of the Party's nominee for Vice-President of the United States shall be conducted during the Reform Party National Convention at a time no earlier than eight (8) hours following the nomination of the Party nominee's for President of the United States. The Party nominee's for Vice-President of the United States shall be selected by the National Convention.
    
2. Nominations for Vice-President shall be taken on the floor from Delegates of the National Convention and shall require a second.
    
3. In each round of voting, the Convention Chair shall call the roll of the states. Upon the announcement of a state, a Delegate from that state delegation shall announce the number of Delegate votes for each of the candidates for Vice-President.
    
4. If no candidate receives at least a majority of the votes cast in any round of voting, the Convention Chair shall announce a runoff. If a runoff is announced, the Vice-Presidential candidate with the lowest number of votes is removed from the next round of voting.
    
5. If a candidate receives at least a majority of the votes cast in any round of voting, the Convention Chair shall announce that the candidate receiving at least a majority of the votes cast is the nominee of the Party for Vice- President of the United States.