The date for the LNC Procedure on Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos has been set for Novermber 9. The announcement from the National Chair reads: Registration with your actual name is required. You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Nov 9, 2024 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kcu2qqTsiGN2p93yy6Ljuhp8Xo4mWBIIR
Posts published in October 2024
In the latest Membership report to the LNC, LNC Executive Director Hannah Kennedy reports that membership fell by 600 from August to September. At the end of September, the national party had 11,461 sustaining members, of whom 3,268 were life members. She writes: “We lost 140 members in the first five months of 2024, but have lost 743 members in…
I have filed the appeal, which is signed by more than 100 delegates to the last national convention. The appeal follows. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE APPEAL TO VOID LNC DECISIONS OF OCTOBER 6, 2024 George Phillies, on behalf of Appellants, appeals to the Judicial Committee to void the decisions of the Libertarian National Committee made during its Special Meeting of October 6,…
Leader of the Mises Caucus, paid by the LNC, Michael Heise has announced that he will be voting for Donald Trump. He did this on an obscure media site. National Chair Angela McArdle then forwarded Heise’s endorsement … to her decidedly not obscure X.com account. Behold the disgraceful conduct of the National Committee, sending endorsements of the Republican candidate to…
I shall first put in a modest plug. If you want to show you appreciate what I am doing, and if you agree with my petition to the Judicial Committee over the Harlos issue, please consider signing the petition, which you can find on JotForm at https://www.jotform.com/242868268003056 . Now, consider the new LNC report to the FEC, covering what the…
The LNC had $370,503 at the start of October. Through October 16* it had total receipts, including the Kennedy Fund, of $475,673, for a new total of $846,177. Disbursements for the period were $753,882, leaving the party with $92,295 cash on hand on October 24. As of that date, the party was owed 86,876 and had $89,436 Debts and Obligations…
Avens O’Brien writes: “Look, I understand that we all have mild or strong personal preferences as far as which terrible person is “the lesser of two evils” in the presidential election. Some might even decide to vote that way. Your vote is your own, and frankly it’s just you and that ballot in the booth. On a personal note, I’ll…
The Motion was: Move to appoint an investigative committee consisting of Andrew Watkins, Roman Garcia, and Rob Vinson to investigate the claims of Ms. Harlos’ derivative action. The motion passed. Readers will note that the non-Mises group on the LNC only abstained on the motion…there were no negative votes.. Co-sponsors: Andrew Watkins, Roman Garcia, Travis Bost, Angela McArdle The motion…
A contrary opinion on where political parties are going: The era of parties is over. By Pat Jones Even if you don’t know it yet – believe me now or believe me later There’s tons of evidence that the era of parties is over. Most people identify as independent now and the percentage keeps growing . All parties, major and…
The FEC Filing for the LNC covering September has now been published. From it we learn: LNC Income and Outgo during September of this year show a disastrous lack of conventional fundraising via donations. For the month, the LNC brought in $56,388 in individual donations. The LNC also had huge cash transactions due to the Kenedy Victory Fund. The debts…