For unclear reasons, the software assigned this post to Mr. Flood. This was an error, here corrected. The type of error in question has never been noticed before.
The list of state Libertarian Parties passing resolutions opposing the Joint Fundraising Agreement with Kennedy has now grown to 12. When previously reported by this newspaper, the list was only eight states. The twelve states are
Louisiana
Mississippi
Idaho
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas
South Carolina
Utah
Indiana
Ohio
Washington
Illinois
We have received a copy of the Utah Resolution, but gather that most or all of them are identical. They each call for the censure of National Chair McArdle and a majority of the members of the LNC ExComm. The Resolution reads
Resolution Against the Kennedy Victory Fund
WHEREAS, it was established by the delegates present at the Libertarian National Convention on 26 May 2024 to have Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat as the Libertarian nominees for President and Vice President respectively
WHEREAS, in contravention of the delegates and members of the National Libertarian Party, the National Libertarian Party Executive Committee voted on 11 July 2024 to enter into an agreement with a rival candidate for the purposes of fundraising (now known as the Kennedy Victory Fund)
WHEREAS, the procedure used to vote on the agreement violated Article 9, Section 4 of the National Libertarian Party bylaws
WHEREAS, the agreement itself violates multiple National Libertarian Party bylaws, including but not limited to:
Article 2, Sections 1, 2, 4.
Article 5, Section 4
Article 14, Section 4
IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Utah Libertarian Party opposes any action that is in contradiction to the National Libertarian Party bylaws and to the rightfully elected Libertarian Party nominees for President and Vice President, Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Utah Libertarian Party calls for the censure of the following National Libertarian Party Executive Committee members for knowingly and willfully violating the above National Libertarian Party bylaws:
a. Angela McArdle
b. Pat Ford
c. Andrew Watkins
d. Kathy Yeniscavich
Missouri Resolution Against the Kennedy Victory Fund
WHEREAS, it was established by the delegates present at the Libertarian National Convention on 26 May 2024 to have Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat as the Libertarian nominees for President and Vice President respectively
WHEREAS, in contravention of the delegates and members of the National Libertarian Party, the National Libertarian Party Executive Committee voted on 11 July 2024 to enter into an agreement with a rival candidate for the purposes of fundraising (now known as the Kennedy Victory Fund)
WHEREAS, the procedure used to vote on the agreement may violate Article 9, Section 4 of the National Libertarian Party bylaws
WHEREAS, the agreement itself may violate multiple National Libertarian Party bylaws, including but not limited to:
d. Article 2, Sections 1, 2, 4, 5
e. Article 5, Section 4
f. Article 14, Sections 1, 4
IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED, that the Missouri Libertarian Party opposes any action that is in contradiction to the National Libertarian Party bylaws and to the rightfully elected Libertarian Party nominees for President and Vice President, Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Missouri Libertarian Party calls for additional transparency from the National Party regarding the details of the National Party’s financial situation as well as the arrangement with the Kennedy campaign.
[PASSED by vote of 7 for, 2 opposed]
I checked with the SCLP chair South Carolina has not signed on. They have made their agreeance dependent on an amended resolution. I have tried to get away from party politics for the last year and small things like this keep trying to drag me back in.
This agreement is a fundamental contradiction of the delegates at the national convention who selected Chase Oliver as their Presidential Candidate. I am happy that as an activist I no longer have the boat anchor of the LNC around my neck. I may have not been a big fan of a past national chair but at least that LNC put ideology aside and supported the will of the members of the party. This LNC i can not figure out for the life of me how their politics are the politics of Nolan.
I have checked, and my sources say that South Carolina has not signed on to any resolution at this point in time. My understanding is that they have asked for a change before agreeing to join with the other states.
The Missouri one is different. I’ll post it if I can find it.
Please do. George, Editor
This entire issue is a disgrace and a stain on a formerly respectable national party. The person who contacted me about the article wanted to correct exactly what South Carolina did. I am getting a copy of the resolution hopefully tomorrow, and will ask a few questions of people and get an update on it.
Interesting that a computer glitch would drag me back out of the shadows… It has been a long half year, and although I have problems walking (who would have thought I’d need a cane) and barely see, it is time to get back on the horse.
South Carolina’s resolution also differed. The main divergence
being striking out/deleting the paragraph as to censure of four
LNC Members. “Louisiana” was listed as the affiliate of origin
versus “Utah” and there were several bylaw reference discrepancies.
At least it wasn’t the LNC hacking the site…
Probably a wordpress bug, which they tend to refer to as unintended features. 🙂