Libertarian Party of Idaho

State Central Committee Minutes

August 27, 2022

TownePlace Suites Meridian
1415 Eagle Road S,
Meridian, Idaho 83642
ROLL CALL

Credentialed Members Non voting Members

Jon Basabe Matt Loesby, requested to not be
Amber Beltran credentialed in
Jamie Cain
Beth Clark
John Dionne Guests
Joseph Evans none
Viola Garcia
Chris Gunnell
Jennifer Imhoff
Robert Imhoff-Dousharm
Mike Long
Jennifer Luoma
Shon Luoma
Aaron Mason
Micheal Mastroneni
Kent Petzold
James Simpson

PUBLIC STATEMENT

A statement was read, in person, by Matt Loesby to the body.

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order at 2:21 PM MDT

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SELECTION OF MEETING CHAIR

MOTION: Joe Evans moves to place Jon Dionne as chair of the meeting. Motion seconded
and passed with super majority.

Jon Dionne places Jennifer Imhoff as Secretary of the meeting.

CALLING OF SPECIAL MEETING

MOTION: Joe Evans moves to suspend the rule of special meetings in RONR section 9:14
to allow a special meeting agenda to be performed today. Motion seconded and passed.

11 in favor 0 against 1 abstain

MEETING AGENDA

MOTION: Joe Evans moves:

Where as, those in attendance today are all Bylaws Sustaining Members, and

Where as, Bylaws Sustaining Members have all rights and privileges within the
LPID; and

Where as, the party bylaws do not provide any rules on a special meeting; now,
therefor, be it

Resolved: to call a special meeting with the explicit purpose and agenda to:
a. Discuss and take possible action based on the illegitimate county and
legislative district central committee meetings; and
b. Discuss the voluntary dissolution of the April 2 nd board by a majority of that
board on May 30th, 2022; and
c. Discuss and allow any further actions to take place based on the findings,
resolutions, and motions that may occur as a result of the above.

Motion seconded and passed

13 in favor 0 against 0 abstain

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AGENDA ITEM A: Discussion and take possible action based on the illegitimate county and
legislative district central committee meetings

At the time of the April 2nd Convention, the State Central Committee (SCC) Body was not
aware of the status of the full extent of the SCC due to the pending primary election.

On May 28th, 5 members submitted minutes for 8 meetings of county and legislative
district committees, under the premise that they were elected pricinctmen, per the May
17th primary election.

Ada County Meeting Minutes submitted by Matt Loesby on behalf of David Hynes
Bannock County Meeting Minutes submitted by Todd Corsetti
Canyon County Meeting Minutes submitted by Zach Callear
Elmore County Meeting Minutes submitted by Sterling Reece
Legislative District 13 Meeting Minutes submitted by Zach Callear
Legislative District 14 Meeting Minutes submitted by Matt Loesby
Legislative District 20 Meeting Minutes submitted by Matt Loesby of David Hynes
Legislative District 28 Meeting Minutes submitted by Todd Corsetti

All meetings held were in violation of at least one law.

● All meetings were held before the end of canvassing §34-1205 & §34-1211
● According to Idaho Election Law precinct committee men are NOT listed as a
default member of the State Central Committee. §34-504
● All claimed to have been elected to the role of precinct committee men before
certificate of nominations were sent out by county clerks §34-1208
● Zach Callear, David Hynes, Matt Loesby, and Sterling Reece failed to receive the
minimum of 5 votes required by law to be elected. §34-624
● All failed to follow state law, requiring a meeting of a county or legislative central
committee to be called by the chair of the party, when no incumbent exists
§34-502 & §34-503
● All failed to coordinate with the state party to include State Central Committee
members in meetings, as required by law or bylaw sustaining members, as required
by LPID bylaws. In order to limit these meetings to only elected precinct
committee men, law requires a specific procedure to be followed and certified by
election offices §34-624A
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 ● All failed to coordinate with the state party to validate the existence of other
county affiliate status before assuming total quorum of the state central
committee. §34-502 & §34-503
● Zach Callear of Canyon County deliberately attempted to seat a registered
republican, Merrill Callear, to the Libertarian Party Central Committee. §34-624
● Matt Loesby of Ada County deliberately attempted to seat a registered republican,
Rex Loesby, to the Libertarian Party Central Committee. §34-624

John Dionne, Mike Long, and Joe Evans - bylaw sustaining members of Ada County
affirms that they received no invitations or communications, or minutes regarding a
meeting of the county

Amber Beltran - a bylaw sustaining member of Bannock County affirms that she received
no invitations, communications, or minutes regarding a meeting of the county

Jon Basabe - bylaw sustaining member of Canyon County affirms that he received no
invitations, communications, or minutes regarding a meeting of the county

Michael Mastroeni - a bylaw sustaining member of Elmore County affirms that he

received no invitations, communications, or minutes regarding a meeting of the county

No other bylaw sustaining member of any of the other 40 counties County’s received
invitations, communications, or minutes regarding a meeting of the State Central
Committee or attempts to organize county or legislative district efforts.

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AGENDA ITEM B: Discuss the voluntary dissolution of the April 2nd board by a majority of that
board on May 30th, 2022; and

On August 27th, 2021 the party held a special bylaws convention. During this meeting the
bylaws were updated to require the state convention to be held in April - in order to
accommodate national convention delegate selections 45-day rule. All prior years the
convention was held in June, after primary election canvassing was completed.

The April 2nd convention properly included all state central committee members however
failed to include any potentially elected precinct committeemen, denying members the
opportunity to form county or legislative district central committees.

Due to the actions of a minority of members, the Libertarian Party of Idaho was implicated
in multiple election violations, jeopardizing the party's Major Party ballot status and
opening up the party to inquiry by the Secretary of State should any opposition request.

An attempt was made to reach out to Todd Corsetti, the only elected precinct
committeeman, in an attempt to reconcile the differences without major action. Todd
Corsetti did not respond to those attempts.

A Majority of officers elected at the April 2nd meeting determined that they could not in
good faith honor the April 2nd meeting without disenfranchising members, precinct
committeemen, or county organizations. As such they voluntarily dissolved the April 2nd
board to return control to the previous board, with the explicit purpose of reviewing and
analyzing state law to understand how to properly proceed and to organize holding a
properly called convention.

This decision was affirmed by the previous board and certified in writing. The actions and
intention to hold a new convention were communicated to the Secretary of State and the
entire membership body of the Libertarian Party of Idaho on May 30th.

To date no grievances have been filed against the decision to roll the board back.
To date no attempt has been made to mediate any objections or complaints.

The only communications received were in regards to Todd Corsetti hiring legal counsel,
on behalf of the party and without authorization, in an attempt to assume he and his wife
have full control of the state central committee. Legal council issued a letter to two
members to inform them of a meeting in which they are being removed from the party.
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Following email communications were limited to Todd’s effort to have members removed
from the party.

Todd Corsetti, acting as the entirety of the state central committee, caused a conflicting
board to be initiated; creating a constitutional crisis.

The party has a fiduciary duty to call a meeting of all fully paid members to consider any
major organizational changes in the body of the state central committee; making the need
to roll back to those who were duly and properly elected in order to allow the body of the
membership the right to understand the crisis and make any necessary decisions on how
to move forward.

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AGENDA ITEM C: Discuss and allow any further actions to take place based on the findings,
resolutions, and motions that may occur as a result of the above.

In the 46 year history of the Libertarian Party of Idaho, the precinct election process has
never been incorporated into the state central committee.

Idaho Election Law clearly states that “The county central committee shall have all the powers
and duties prescribed by state law and rules and regulations promulgated and adopted by the
state conventions or the state central committee.” §34-505

The LPID bylaws, clearly state, “All bylaw sustaining members (BSM) of the party shall enjoy
full rights as stated in these bylaws.” §LPID bylaws Article I Section 1

Precedent for major political parties in Idaho to determine the makeup of their state
central committee is set by the Republican Party bylaws, which explicitly state, “The voting
membership of the Republican State Central Committee shall consist of all
voting members of the State Executive Committee, County Chairmen, State Committeeman,
State Committeewoman, State Youth Committeeperson, and Legislative District Chairmen.”
§Idaho GOP Rules of the Party Article I Section I, and by the Democratic
Party bylaws, which explicitly state, “The members of the State Committee (the “State Central
Committee'' are: County membership… legislative district membership… state officers… National
committeeman…, Democratic leaders of the Idaho House of Representatives… and Senate…”
§Idaho Democratic Party Bylaws Article III Section 3

Idaho Election law only provides that the duties of the State Central Committee to include
“A state convention shall be held by each political party in each election year at a time and place
determined by the state central committee. “ §34-702 The LPID bylaws only provide that the
duties of the State Central Committee include participation in the removal of officers
§LPID bylaws Article IV Section 9

The LPID bylaws clearly state, “The bylaws of the Party are also the governing documents of
the State Central Committee.” §LPID bylaws Article VII Section 1

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MOTION: Joe Evans moves:

Whereas, the Libertarian Party has not used the state precinct committeeman
election process in 46 years of ballot access; and

Whereas, 5 members of the Libertarian Party of Idaho (LPID) sent minute of

meetings occurring between between May 18-25th appointing themselves as
County Central Committee (CCC) Chairman or Legislative District Central
Committee (LDCC) Chairman and members of the State Central Committee
(SCC) to the LPID executive committee on May 28th;

Whereas, the meetings were convened in violation of state open meeting laws
and state election laws; and

Whereas, the state precinct committeeman elections were not concluded until
after the LPID convention on 2 April; and

Whereas, members of the LPID who convened CCC and LDCC meetings in
violation of state law were elected to party positions at the LPID Convention;

now, therefore, be it Resolved, that the Libertarian Party of Idaho (LPID):

1. Continue to not use the state Precinct Committeeman Election process for
non-convention LPID purposes; and
2. Accept the submitted CCC and LDCC meeting minutes as proof of a
constitutional crisis; and
3. Refer the CCC and LDCC meeting minutes, with reference to laws
violated, to the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) for consideration of
action against LPID members who are also National Libertarian Party
members; and
4. Rule that the April 2nd LPID executive committee and judicial committee
are vacated, effective 30 May, 2022; and
5. Rule that the Executive Board performing duties before 2 April, 2022, and
after 30 May, 2022 is the appropriate Executive Board; and
6. All Executive Board motions made after 30 May, 2022 that passed, are
valid.

Motion seconded and passed

11 in favor 1 against 2 abstain

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STRAW POLL: Robert Imhoff takes a straw poll of attendees, “Who here believes that a
Bylaw Sustaining Member is considered a State Central Committee Member?”

13 in favor 0 against 0 abstain

MOTION: Robert Imhoff moves to hold convention immediately preceding this meeting,
with two bylaws for review: 1) to codify that the ambiguous term of Bylaw Sustaining
Member be clarified to equal State Central Committee member and 2) Correct the date
requirements for holding a convention.

Clarification on how many attended the April 2nd meeting: 18 out of 66 potential BSM

Motion seconded and failed

2 in favor 11 against 0 abstain

Announcement from Jennifer Imhoff of resignation of chair, effective at the conclusion of

this special meeting.

MOTION: Robert Imhoff moves to have John Dionne backfill the chair position. Motion
seconded and passed.

11 for Jon Dionne 1 for NOTA

MOTION: Joe Evans moves

Whereas, 5 members caused a constitutional crisis by violating a multitude of

state election laws and bylaws,

Whereas, 2 members contributed to the escalation of crisis by helping create a

conflicting executive board,

Whereas, the aforementioned members jeopardize the Libertarian Party of

Idaho’s ballot access,

Whereas, the aforementioned members instigated legal course without the

consent of the state central committee

Whereas, Libertarian Party is an inclusive party who understands the value of

mentorship and learning; now, therefore, be it

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 Motion: To suspend the aforementioned members on a one-year probation to
restrict their influence on LPID committees yet retain their membership status
and voting rights.

Motion seconded and failed

6 in favor 7 against 0 abstain

Announcement from Joe Evans of resignation of Region 2 Representative, effective at the

conclusion of this special meeting.

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION: Robert Imhoff moves to adjourn with no objection

The executive committee meeting was adjourned at 4:25 pm

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ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1: Notice to Members of the Roll Back

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Attachment 2: Ada County Meeting Minutes submitted by Matt Loesby

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Attachment 3: Canyon County Meeting Minutes submitted by Zach Callear

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Attachment 4: Bannock County Meeting Minutes submitted by Todd Corsetti

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Attachment 5: Elmore County Meeting Minutes submitted by Sterling Reece

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Attachment 6: Legislative District 13 Meeting Minutes submitted by Zach Callear

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Attachment 7: Legislative District 14 Meeting Minutes submitted by Matt Loesby

Attachment 8: Legislative District 20 Meeting Minutes submitted by Matt Loesby

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Attachment 9: Legislative District 28 Meeting Minutes submitted by Matt Loesby

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Attachment 10: Cease & Desist Letter to Todd Corsetti

Sent on: 6/27/2022

Delivered/Signed: June 30, 01:51 PM
Certified Tracking number: 70203160000194636332

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Attachment 11: Cease & Desist Letter to Jayson Sorenson
Sent on: 6/27/2022
Delivered/Signed: July 01, 11:31AM
Certified Tracking number: 70203160000194636325

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Attachment 12: Notice of disqualification to Merril Callear
Sent on: 6/27/2022
Delivered/Signed: July 07, 04:35 PM
Certified Tracking number: 70203160000194636318

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Attachment 13: Notice of disqualification to Rex Loesby
Sent on: 6/27/2022
Delivered/Signed: July 08, 10:49 AM
Certified Tracking number: 70203160000194636271

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Attachment 14: Notice of disqualification to Amber Corsetti
Sent on: 6/27/2022
Delivered/Signed: June 30, 01:51 PM
Certified Tracking number: 70203160000194636257

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Attachment 15: Legal letter from Echo Hawk & Olsen

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Attachment 16: Statement by Matt Loesby

END FILE

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