IPR has learned that Mr. David Blau has been selected to fill the open secretary position on the Libertarian National Committee. The position became available in January after the resignation of Ruth Bennett.

James Lark, who has been Acting Secretary, posted the following notice:

As of the close of the voting period at 12:00 p.m. EST today

(Wednesday, Feb. 20), the vote totals are as follows (candidates listed

in decreasing order of vote totals): Blau: 10 votes (Blau, Cloud, Hinkle, Kirkland, Lark, Mack, Neale,

Pojunis, Visek, Wiener) Moulton: 6 votes (Frankel, Hagan, Olsen, Starchild, Vohra, Wrights)

[NOTE: Please see comments below.] Abstention: 1 (Redpath)

This information was reported on the LNC Business list. You can read the motion and discussion of using Paul Frankel’s vote instead of John Jay Myers’ here .

David Blau has been serving as a regional alternate to the LNC, and is also currently the chairman of the Libertarian Association of Massachusetts. We posted his application letter on IPR earlier .