1. The Articles of Association shall be amended by 1) changing the title to "Articles of Association and Bylaws of the Libertarian Party of Delaware", 2) inserting the heading "Articles of Association" between the Declaration of Rights and Article I, and 3) appending the heading "Bylaws" after the last Article. This amendment is intended to enhance the style and clarity of the document.

2. The Declaration of Rights shall be amended by 1) changing the word "proclaim" to "declare", 2) changing the first phrase to read "all individuals are endowed by nature with certain inalienable Rights; and among these are the Rights to life, liberty, privacy, and the products of their labor" 3) placing the word "that" after the number in the second and third phrases, 4) inserting the word "inalienable" before "Rights in the third phrase, 5) changing the word "examples" to "consequences", and 6) changing the word "between" to "among" in (2). The purpose of this amendment is to clarify that we are claiming all of our Rights not just the three enumerated in the current text, and to simplify and correct the language of the declaration.

3. Article I of the current text shall be deleted and replaced by two new Articles as follows: 1) "These articles shall govern the association known as the "Libertarian Party of Delaware," hereinafter referred to as the "Party".", and 2) "The purpose of the Party is to implement and give voice to the ideas expressed in the above Declaration of Rights by (1) nominating candidates for public office, (2) entering into public-information activities, and (3) building the membership of the Party.". All articles shall be renumbered appropriately. The purpose of this change is to reorder the goals of the Party in order of importance, and to simplify by making each article address a single subject.

4. Article II of the current text shall be deleted and replaced by the following: "A Member of the Party shall be any resident of the State of Delaware who (1) wishes to declare himself or herself "Libertarian" and act as a Party member under the provisions of this charter, and (2) has certified in writing that they oppose the initiation of force or fraud to achieve political or social goals. A Member In Good Standing shall be any member of the party who does not owe any outstanding fees or dues. Members in good standing may attend, speak, and vote at any meeting of the general membership. The Party may create additional levels or ranks of membership as needed." The purpose of this change is to define membership without reference to the national LP or the state government. Outside organizations that do not share our goals should not be allowed to define our requirements for membership.

5. A new article shall be inserted after Article II of the current text as follows: "The Party may charge membership Dues and/or other Fees, if necessary, to help defray the cost of its activities. The annual sum of such Dues and/or Fees necessary to remain a Member In Good Standing shall not exceed the value of One Twentieth of an Ounce of Gold (0.05oz AU). The Dues and/or Fees, if any, charged by County or other subsidiary Party organizations shall not exceed the value of One Fiftieth of an Ounce of Gold (0.02oz AU)." All articles shall be renumbered appropriately. The purpose of this change is to set an upper limit on the amount of dues the party may charge. The limits were chosen intentionally chosen to be about twice the dues the LPD used to charge, and designed to adjust automatically for inflation.

6. A new article shall be inserted before Article III of the current text as follows: "Each County in the State shall have a Party organization consisting of the members residing in that county. Each County Party shall elect Officers according to its Bylaws, which must include a County Chair and a Secretary. The Party may establish bylaws creating additional subsidiary party organizations, such as City, District, or Precinct organizations as needed." All articles shall be renumbered appropriately.

7. Article III of the current text shall be deleted and replaced by the following two articles and four bylaws: I) "A State Board shall conduct the business and secure the assets of the Party, and shall be fully accountable and subsidiary to the general membership. This board shall consist of an Executive Committee elected by the membership at large, and a number of Representatives chosen by the County and/or other subsidiary organizations as specified in the bylaws. The Executive Committee shall consist of a Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and any other Offices established by bylaws.", II) "The Party will schedule regular meetings at times and places to be determined by the Executive Committee."; and 1) "The members of the Executive Committee shall be elected in odd years by the membership at large for two-year terms.", 2) "Each County shall have one Representative to the State Board, plus an additional Representative for every twenty five members in good standing or fraction thereof. No County shall have more than five Representatives. Representatives to the State Board shall serve until they are replaced by the organization they represent.", 3) "At meetings of the Party, a Quorum shall consist of 4 tenths of the members of the State Board, rounded up.", 4) "Each member of the State Board shall have the right to appoint a Proxy to attend meetings in his or her stead. In order to uphold the interests of the membership, the proxy shall come from the region represented by that officer (i.e., the proxy for a county representative shall come from that county's membership, while the proxy for an Executive Committee member shall come from the statewide membership). The proxy shall possess all powers, rights, duties, and responsibilities held by the appointing member of the State Board. The proxy and all powers, rights, duties, and responsibilities inherent therein shall expire at the termination of the meeting for which the proxy was appointed. Proxies notwithstanding, no member of the State Board shall have more than one vote." All articles shall be renumbered appropriately. The purpose of these changes is to simplify the present Article III by replacing it with two short articles addressing single topics, and relocating the procedural details to the bylaws. This amendment also explicitly states that the general membership is welcome at State Board meetings, officially establishes a quorum to conduct business, and will make county representation proportional to number of members as the party grows.

8. The following two bylaws shall be inserted after the bylaw establishing terms of election for Executive Committee members: a) "The Chair shall have the power to fill vacancies on the Executive Committee by appointment. Such appointments shall last until the next election of party officers.", and b) "If the Office of Chair is vacated, it shall pass to the Vice Chair. If there is no Vice Chair, the Chair shall next pass to the Chair of the County with the greatest number of members." The purpose of this change is to establish an order of succession and allow for filling vacancies on the Executive Committee.

9. The following article shall be inserted before Article IV of the current text: "When formally called to order, Meetings of the Party shall be conducted according to Robert's Rules of Order except in cases where they are inconsistent with the Articles of Association or Bylaws of this Party."; and the following bylaw shall be added: "Meetings will be conducted informally except in situations where the Chair deems it necessary to call the meeting to formal order."All articles shall be renumbered appropriately. The purpose of this seemingly contradictory set of changes is to establish a formal set of rules by which disputes may be resolved and/or for dealing with disruptive persons while not substantially altering the normal way that we conduct meetings.

10. Article IV of the current text shall be deleted and the following inserted in its place: " An Annual Convention will be held at a time and place to be determined by the Executive Committee for the purpose of (1) nominating Candidates for Public Office, (2) holding Elections of Party Officers and Delegates to the National Libertarian Convention, and (3) conducting other party business."; and the following new article shall be appended as the last article: "Amendments to these Articles of Association and Bylaws may be adopted in two ways: (1) by a vote of all members in good standing present at the annual Convention after the entire membership has been given at least 30 days' notice of the proposed changes; or (2) by a vote of all members in good standing present at a regular meeting, after the proposed changes shall have been announced at least 7 days prior to introduction, and read in their final form at two consecutive meetings before the vote. By either method a change to the Articles of Association shall require a two-thirds majority to pass, but a change to the Bylaws may be adopted by simple majority." The purpose of this change is to simplify Article IV by splitting it into two Articles each addressing a single subject; and to create a method of amending the Articles of Association that can be used at any time of year.

11. Article V of the current text shall be deleted and the following inserted in its place: "Election of party officers and nominations of candidates for public office shall require a majority of those voting. "None of the Above" shall always be a candidate."; in addition, the following bylaw shall be added: "If there is not a majority in any vote for election or nomination, the candidate (including None of the Above) with the least number of votes shall be dropped and a new vote shall be taken. If there is a tie vote for the last two candidates, there shall be a ten-minute recess and the vote shall be repeated. This procedure shall continue until the tie is broken. If "None of the Above" wins a nomination, no one shall be nominated for the public office. If "None of the Above" wins a party election, the office shall be vacated for the next year.". The purpose of this change is to simplify Article V by relocating the procedural details to the bylaws.

12. Article VI of the current text shall be deleted from these Articles, but shall remain in force as the County Party Bylaws until such time as the County parties adopt their own bylaws. The purpose of this change is that these clauses belong in the County party Bylaws, not the State's.

13. In the article (or bylaw) establishing election procedure, the following shall be appended to the clause containing "office shall be vacated for the next year": "unless the office is required by state election law, in which case there shall be a ten minute recess followed by a new election, from which the previous candidates are disqualified." The purpose of this change is that some offices are required by law and must be filled.

14. A new bylaw shall be added as follows: "For the purposes of Article ___, Notice or Announcement shall consist of Publication on the official website of the party and/or sending by email or other electronic communication methods to every member for whom we have contact info. Other methods may be employed as well, but the above is considered sufficient.

15. A new bylaw shall be added as follows: "For the purposes of Article ___, Reading shall consist of reading aloud before a quorum the paragraph(s) in which the changes are to be made, followed by a description of the proposed changes, followed by reading aloud the paragraph(s) as after the alterations."

16. A new bylaw shall be added as follows: "No information about any member may be disclosed without that member's explicit written permission."

17. The Bylaws shall be split into four Sections labeled Officers, Meetings, Elections, and Miscellaneous; and renumbered accordingly.