Courtesy of the FEC Filings For the first seven months of the year, individual contributions to the LNC came to $389,000. That’s $666,000 annual rate. For the month, individual contributions came to $47,491. Other income, notably a large transfer from the Libertarian Mutual Aid PAC, were slightly more than $31,000, for a total income for the month of $78,517. Total…
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There are three forthcoming LNC and related committee meetings. They may be available on Zoom. Aug 24, 2025 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) LNC Special Meeting Resolutions and Appointments. Sep 3, 2025 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Judicial Committee hearing on J.J.’s appeal. Sep 7, 2025 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) LNC Monthly Meeting
Substantial Issues Dividing the Arizona Factions What were the two Arizona groups arguing about? Why did they care which of them was the state-recognized Libertarian Party? The substantial benefits of state recognition were rather limited. The largest single benefit is that state parties are entitled to copies of the voter rolls. These rolls reveal Party affiliations of registered voters. Because…
From this evening’s FEC Report covering the month of July: LNC FEC July Report Individual donations $47,281.53 of which $17,153.99 were “itemized” and and $30,127.54 were “unitemized”. The LNC also received $27,567.00 from the Libertarian Mutual Aid PAC, which had been launched by Pat Ford. “itemized” means that the donor has given more than $200 in the year,and therefore is…
Chapter Seventeen Arizona, Land of the Two Libertarian Parties We now take an aside from Presidential politics to visit scenic Arizona, land of the two Libertarian Parties. Or perhaps one Libertarian Party. The legal and political situation in Arizona has been, to put it mildly, complex. A full recounting of Arizona events might well consume a full book this size.…
Not yet a political party. However, we are advised that there at a recent professional soccer game in DC, held in a major stadium at some point a chant began. The chant was “Free DC!”, a verbal attack on the Federal government’s treatment of DC, notably the recent treatment of National Guard troops. The chant was apparently loud and continued…
Beth Vest commented today on the relationship between her derivative suit and former LNC Chair Nicholas Sarwark. There had been recent accusations that Sarwark, in his campaign to be elected to the LNC, had failed to disclose that he was representing her in his letters to the LNC. Vest wrote: To be clear, Nick doesn’t represent me. He’s not even…
From the LNC Secretary: LNC Members, A Special Meeting was called by the Chair on August 18th for Sunday, August 24th at 7:30 PM ET. Here is the link to the LNC Special Meeting OneNote: https://tinyurl.com/LNCAug2025B The Zoom registration link for the meeting is here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/RUx0ReyYT-ugg3oObasu0Q As a reminder, advance registration is required at least one hour before the meeting. Editor explains: The meeting…
Sam Bohler is one of the two newly-elected LNC Members. From: Sam Bohler Sent: Monday, August 18, 2025 3:00:26 PM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik To: Entire LNC <entir…@lp.org>; lnc-public_forward <lnc-publi…@lp.org> Subject: Points of Order on June 9th Resolutions and August 10th Appointments Chair Nekhaila, I believe there are breaches of order of a continuing nature (RONR 23.6) and I am raising two points of…
Third Party Watch is the recipient of an interesting series of email exchanges. Our source, closely connected to the LNC Executive Committee, preferred to remain anonymous. Our sources assert: The first of these messages was sent on Monday to the four officers of the LNC. There was no public response or any publically-seen discussion. Our sources assert: During the derivative…