I have heard from the Judicial Committee. See below. Remember that there are eight appeals, [Correction: none of which are appeals of a suspension, because Harlos has not been suspended under Bylaws 6.7], so hypothetical LNC actions on a suspension are not relevant to my appeal. November 6, 2024 Notice to Prospective Respondents and Petitioner: On October 30, 2024, LP…
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Readers who believed that the LPNH was a legitimate affiliate should this about this. Note LP Bylaws 5.4: “No affiliate party shall endorse any candidate who is a member of another party for public office in any partisan election. “
The FEC has recently filed several Requests For Additional information with the LNC Treasurer, relating to various entries in LNC filings with the FEC. These are inquiries asking that entries in an FEC filing be explained. In addition, the LNC has been filing multiple Amended Filings with the FEC. We have covered original filings, but in general have not been…
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
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…