A Delegate’s Guide to the 2026 Libertarian National Convention The Libertarian Party is holding a national convention in Grand Rapids, these are priorities for delegates who want to reconstruct the party to be effective moving forward. Nicholas Sarwark Dear Friends, Greetings from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where I am attending my 13th consecutive Libertarian Party national convention, this year as a…
Posts published in May 2026
The livestream has started. They are not yet in order. Came to order at 5:10. Absent or late are Dassing, Ford, Weir, Lam, McGee, Thompson, Watkins. They are discussing the Agenda. Someone complains that the minutes have not appeared; we are not even getting drafts in a timely way. Someone is talking, but I can’t understand what is being said. …
[Our Financial Analysis follows the Treasurer’s report. There was also a Membership report for April. Membership was 8816, a decrease of 36. That number included 3295 Life Members.] We quote the Treasurer: Attached please find the Libertarian National Committee, Inc. financial statements, as of April 30, 2026. Due to the Joint Fundraising Committee (JFC) impacts on the financial statements on…
The National Chair campaign of Wes Benedict has sent an extended paper-mail statement to all National Convention delegates. The PDF is seven pages long. He argues he has an enormous record of positive achievement in key aspects of party development.
There are things that are not legitimate recent LNC minutes at https://lp.org/lnc-meeting-archives/ You have to go down a couple of frames to find them. They may be notes, but for the past half-year they are not legitimate draft minutes, namely there were a considerable number of roll-call votes, and the records of the individual votes are absent. There have been…
The Liberty Alliance of Massachusetts, the state affiliate of the Liberal Party USA, will have its annual State Convention at the end of the month. They report: Our convention will be on Sunday, May 31st, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The cost to attend is $30. If you need to renew your membership, that’s another $30. The convention will…
States of the southeast have already agreed on a Region for the next two years. It is The Libertarian Party of Virginia (3.7898%) The Libertarian Party of North Carolina (2.4009%) The Libertarian Party of Maryland (1.9811%) The Libertarian Party of South Carolina (1.6688%) The Libertarian Party of West Virginia (0.5168%) The Libertarian Party of Delaware (0.5168%) The Libertarian Party of…
We had previously posted an article on the reported LNC Computer Breach. That article has now led to a comment with a letter from attorneys that was forwarded to us, as well as to a series of letters on which your Editor was copied. We quote from these letters: The recent comment on the data reach issue has led to…
Ben Weir proposed and Andrew Watkins turned into an LNC motion an amendment to the Policy Manual, a dress code for the LPUS National Conventions. The proposal appears to refer primarily to male attendees.It is not clear what the author and mover of the motion think their phrase ‘biological males’ means. The proposal reads: Proposed Policy Manual Addition — Convention…
We are in receipt of the following statement, which we believe to be authentic. We have contacted the signors, who may or may not choose to comment on the report. Public Statement of Opposition to Litigation From the Undersigned [See bottom of post] Members of the Libertarian National Committee May 5, 2026 On April 19, 2026, the Libertarian National Committee…