Discussion from the LNC Public Email List: Keith Thompson wrote: Article 7, Section 15 of the bylaws requires that all meetings, except for functions requiring executive session, be conducted in open session. An “open session” is open to the public or membership where people can attend and observe the proceedings. Prohibiting live streaming except when specifically voted to allow would…
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The Libertarian Party of Georgia governing board has voted to join the Kennedy joint fundraising campaign. Readers will not that Georgia is Chase Oliver’s home state, so we see Oliver’s own state party stabbing him in the back, raising money for one or another of his opponents. (Third Party Watch has thusfar been unable to confirm rumors that money raised…
Michael Ter Maat and the FEC have a disagreement over his non-filing of a financial disclosure form. We have been supplied with a copy of their correspondence. The letter from the FEC to Ter Meet is here. Ter Maat’s response is here.
Executive Committee came to order at 6:06 PM. All ExComm members other than Caryn Ann Harlos were present. (Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Yeniscavich, Watkins, Ford) Also Nekhaila, Bost, Vinson, Haman, Chadderdon, Thompson, Hays, Malagon, Dassing, and a couple people whose names I could not hear clearly. No one had public comment. Chair moves to encumber up to $25,000 for legal…
LNC finances are a bit complicated these days, so I will be reporting on them in pieces. I’ll start with LNC debts. The LNC is now in debt for almost $390,000. That number includes $296.384 in debts from last month, and $96,132 in new debts from this month. The new debts have several interesting features. There is a debt to…
The LNC ExComm will meet this Sunday to consider a motion from Angela McArdle. She wants up to $25,000 to be encumbered to defend the LNC against lawsuits. Several questions arise: Do they actually have the money (we will find out tomorrow when the FEC filing drops)? What lawsuits? Is there an emergency? McArdle wrote: Hello everyone, I am calling…
We have a small number of writers who are sending so many comments that other posters are being drowned out. We are not going to allow this.
The Kennedy money is its only shield. As of 8/23, while the LNC had $298,000 cash on hand, it also had $20,800 encumbered for Kentucky ballot access, $53,700 in credit card debt, and something being clarified around $300,000 in unpaid convention expenses. Expenses for the first three weeks of August were $83,000. Normal income for the…
https://www.change.org/p/request-the-resignation-of-angela-mcardle-as-national-chair-of-the-libertarian-party Request the Resignation of Angela McArdle as National Chair of the Libertarian Party Petition Started by Nolan Schmidt Why this petition matters Angela McArdle, the current National Chair of the Libertarian Party, has recently been implicated in actions that contradict the party’s core principles and bylaws. She openly supported opposing candidates, including Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump.…
Readers who listened to the second day of the recent LNC meeting will have noted the argument about strategy. The Project Decentralized Revolution! that the LNC endorsed is based on running people for local, city, and county office. There is no mention of running people for statewide or Federal office. . The contrary opinion was advocated by one LNC member,…