You can read the entire article here. or here https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/dnc-war-third-party-candidates-rcna143290 The Democrats are throwing money at a campaign to discourage third party Presidential campaigns. The article notes that in 2016 third parties got over 5% of the vote, lists a series of past third party and independent efforts including the Greens, No Labels, Robert Kennedy, Jr., but fails to mention…
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These are probably complete. Candidate – No Preference – Vote Count %. No Preference – 3,982 40.0% Chase Russell Oliver 1,453 14.6% Jacob George Hornberger 1,089 11.0 Michael D. Rectenwald 546 5.5% Lars Damian Mapstead 399 4.0% Michael Ter Maat 314 3.2% All Others 2,161 21.7% Blanks 980 Total Votes Cast 10,924
New membership report for end-of-February 2024 The membership count remains static. End of February Sustaining Membership 12,334 Previous month 12,326 Two months back 12,344 August 2023 13,620 Life membership 3,256. No change from the previous month.
The Libertarian Party of Michigan Judicial Committee received a complaint from Mr. Jacobs, proposing that the resolution of the March 8 State Convention, saying that the Lansing state convention was valid,is not valid and should be set aside. The text of his complaint, and the Judicial Committee ruling sustaining it, follow. We thank J. M. Jacobs for copies of the…
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The new news does not always agree with the old news. Your Editor had a pleasant conversation with long-time Michigan Libertarian party supporter Greg Stempfle, who among other things was the lead author on their party bylaws. We discussed the March 9 Convention, which among other things chose delegates to the National Convention. LPMichigan Bylaws provide for a series of…
Fundraising by Libertarian and Other Third-Party Presidential candidates For each candidate, I list the name, the total amount raised, and the amount raised from individuals other than the candidate. In a few cases, there are additional special cases. The leaders by total raised are Michael Ter Maat, Lars Mapstead, and Chase Oliver. The leaders raised by total raised from people…
Courtesy of long-time California Libertarian Jose Ctaneda, we have the Libertarian Party of California Presidential straw poll, as taken at their state convention: Name / Votes Received / Percent Lars Mapstead—25 26.3 Michael Rectenwald—21 22.1 Mike ter Maat—14 14.7 Chase Oliver—10 10.5 Jacob Hornberger—6 6.3 Art Olivier—4 4.2 Toad—4 4.2 Josh Smith—4 4.2 Spike Cohen—3 3.2 Charles Ballay—2 2.1 Justin…
From correspondent Jim Fulner Libertarian nominee Mike Saliba earns 5% of the vote in a three way race for Clinton Township Trustee special election conducted in combination with Michigan presidential preference primary. This percentage is the largest in years for a Michigan Libertarian nominee in a race that also included a Republican and Democrat. The special election was a result…
As listeners to the meeting will have noted, the last LNC meeting adjourned with two items still on the agenda. These items automatically pass to the next meeting. But what were the two items? Mr. Tuniewicz asked for a discussion of finances related to the Rage Against the War Machine Rally, which used our headquarters address for some aspect of…