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LNC Intervenes in Virginia

We quote from the LNC’s public business page: On Sep 23, 2022, 5:15:51 PM (yesterday) Andrew Watkins | Region 5 Rep. wrote: “The LPVA website is back online! Several members are still diligently working to plan a special convention and fixing other immediate issues, but things are going along steadily. A statement lives on the landing page for anyone interested…

Starting a ‘New’ Party

There are occasional references to the vast expense and difficulty of launching a new party, references backstopped by the tens of millions of dollars Mayor Bloomberg of New York reportedly spent for a project that succeeded and then was cancelled. It should be understood that these claims refer to a specific project based on an idee fixe of the Libertarian…

Editorial: LP National Disgraces LP

@LPNational forwarded the following disgraceful image. The gentleman in the photograph is President Zelensky of Ukraine, the image having been edited to make him resemble the late German dictator. The Libertarian National Party has now been denounced internationally, starting with a tweet on Euromaidan. The disgraceful tweet:

New Massachusetts LP Activity

Having previously said that the Libertarian Association had a record of inactivity, I now note that there has been a recent marked change. Both Massachusetts groups have recently put up new web pages, the traditional Massachusetts group at LPMASS.org, and the LNC-recognized group at LPofMA.org. The pages are both bright and attractive. The traditional group has four candidates for statewide…

Editorial: Political War to the Knife

Addendum: Indeed, in Idaho the Mises faction of the Libertarian Party has used the fact that they are recognized by the LNC to persuade the Idaho Secretary of State to recognize them as the valid State Committee. The time for Mises opponents to form their own national organization is yesterday. The contest between the Mises and non-Mises factions within the…

LPNM Rejects LNC Ultimatum

The Libertarian Party of New Mexico has rejected the ultimatum from the Libertarian National Committee. In a letter to the LNC dated August 17, the Libertarian Party of New Mexico wrote “On August 9th, the Libertarian Party of New Mexico received a letter from the Libertarian National Committee Chair regarding our LPNM’s July 12th Constitutional Convention. “Below is our letter…

LPNH Candidate Gets Press Coverage

However, all coverage is not good coverage. Taegan Goddard’s PoliticalWire.com, which is very widely read, reported: New Hampshire Candidate Rips 19th AmendmentJeremy Kauffman, who is running for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire as a Libertarian, called the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, as “the death of liberty.”

LNC Sends Ultimatum to LP New Mexico

On July 23, 2022, the Libertarian National Committee ("LNC") met online for several hours and heard complaints from members of the Libertarian Party of New Mexico (“LPNM”) regarding its most recent online convention held on or about July 12, 2022 (hereafter, “Constitutional Convention”).