I first quote from the Secretary’s report and then present analysis. Secretary McMahon’s report reads
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The nominated candidates are:
Austin Martin, Ben Weir, Gregory Deal, Thomas Eddlem, Douglas Knebel, Samuel Bohler, Jacob Bradley, and Nicholas Sarwark.
Results:
Counted Votes –
Austin Martin: Chadderdon, Watkins, Lam, Dassing, Ford, Bost (6 votes)
Ben Weir: Chadderdon, Watkins, Lam, Dassing, Ford, Bost (6 votes)
Gregory Deal: Chadderdon, Watkins, Lam, Dassing, Bost (5 votes)
Thomas Eddlem: Chadderdon, Watkins, Lam, Dassing, Ford, Bost (6 votes)
Douglas Knebel: Redpath, Nanna, McMahon, McGee, Thompson, Darr, Nekhaila, Hallesy (8 votes)
Samuel Bohler: Chadderdon, Watkins, Lam, Redpath, Nanna, McMahon, McGee, Thompson, Dassing, Ford, Darr, Nekhaila, Bost, Hallesy (14 votes)
Jacob Bradley: Chadderdon, Watkins, Lam, Dassing, Ford, Bost (6 votes)
Nicholas Sarwark: Redpath, Thompson (2 votes)
Uncounted Votes – (made by Alternate and superseded by Representative voting) –
Austin Martin: Martin, Bracco (2 votes)
Ben Weir: Martin, Weir, Bracco (3 votes)
Gregory Deal: Martin, Bracco (2 votes)
Thomas Eddlem: Martin, Weir, Johnson, Bracco (4 votes)
Douglas Knebel:, Weir, Hertzsch, Johnson (3 votes)
Samuel Bohler: Martin, Hertzsch, Bracco (3 votes)
Jacob Bradley: Martin, Weir, Bracco (3 votes)
Nicholas Sarwark: (0 votes)
Not Voting –
Vinson and Hays (Alt voted for Hays)
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Analysis
First, the vote for Bohler (all 14 voters) shows that Chair Nekhaila can line up the LNC to support him in a sound decision.
Second, the votes for Knebel (8 votes) and for Martin, Weir, Deal, Eddlem, and Bradley (6 votes, except Ford did not vote for Deal) show the sharp factional split on the LNC. There were two clusters of voters, and they did not overlap.
Cluster#1 Redpath, Nanna, McMahon, McGee, Thompson, Darr, Nekhaila, and Hallesy all voted for Knebel. Redpath and Nanna voted for Sarwark.
Cluster #2 Chadderdon, Watkins, Lam, Dassing, Bost, and usually Ford were the voters for Martin, Weir, Deal, Eddlem, and Bradley.
Other than all voting for Bohler, the two clusters did not overlap in whom they supported.
Third, we congratulate Nick Sarwark on his escape from serving on the LNC.
It keeps things somewhat balanced. I am very pleased with both choices. Nekhaila could have kept things squarely in line if he wasn’t an oath-breaker and enabler of harassment.
What skills does this person bring to the LNC? What kind of resume?
In fairness, this was discussed by all the nominated candidates.
It was good to know which LNC members were interested in focusing on results.
Congratulations to Bohler and Knebel.