Today the LNC issued a statement on the Libertarian Presidential candidate’s 2024 ballot access. They offered to pay party members $3 for each collected signature. Their estimate of signature requirements (these are the minimum numbers of valid signatures; the actual number of valid signatures needs to be significantly larger.): George, As we approach the upcoming elections, securing ballot access is…
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They are back. Sound is better. There is a lot of reverberation. Late blogging will cover several days. Communications Director:#1) Communicate current Platform. #2) Many of the things we talk about eradicating will, e.g., remove people’s incomes. We can’t just communicate that we are tearing down, we have to communicate that we are building. Make the future sound positive. Members…
Budget calls for 47 state Presidential ballot access. Missing states are kept secret from the membership. Jorgensen campaign is blamed for ballot access failure. The powerpoint line “Does not include any expenses needed in order to rent the building” seems a bit odd, since we own the building. The Libertarian National Committee’s Executive Committee, by a 7-0 vote, approved an…
The group “LNC Exposed” has sent a post card to members of the Libertarian Party. At this date, we do not know precisely to whom it was sent or how many cards were mailed. The LNC Exposed group lists a series of failings of the National Committee, and in essence then urges readers to terminate their membership in the national…
The following are indicative values for expenses, not necessarily exact, especially for costs such as postage whose rationale is unclear. Nonetheless: Of particular interest one notes: $400 to the Texas National Movement of Nederland Texas for Outreach & Activism. $3000 to Voter Gravity for Campaign and Candidate Support $10,000 to Fresh IP PLC for legal services $10,000 to the Libertarian…
George Phillies, who has attended eleven national conventions, and served for years as Massachusetts State Chair or State Treasurer, has circulated a postcard to over 8000 libertarians across the country. He is grateful to friends who supplied the artwork, the mailing lists, and handled the mailing. “I am already receiving answers,” he reports. “With a few exceptions, the first postcards…
Part V of an extended set of proposals from Publius Valerius. I had previously proposed two immutable platform planks, namely unrestricted abortion rights and unrestricted firearms ownership. There were suggestions that nuanced positions on these two topics were desirable. That is the opposite of the position here. A decade and a half ago, the Libertarian National Committee tried to develop…
You see here the LNC debate on Adrian Malagon’s motion I move that Austin Padgett’s contract be extended for 3 months from the initial contract’s end date. The LNC Secretary wrote: I struggled with this vote. But I am voting yes, and have extended rationale why. It will anger some people (not on LNC) and frankly my dear, in the…
Libertarian National Committee member Adrian Malagon has moved to extend the contract of Austin Padgett with the LNC. Padgett had been working for the LNC under a short-term contract due to expire in October. His job duties involved raising money for the Libertarian Party national committee. The original contract had been controversial because Padgett is the boyfriend of LNC Chair…
First, the month-by-month cash movements, listing donations, disbursements, cash on hand at the end of the month, and credit card debt. We see in round numbers for the four months $350,000 of income, $422,000 of spending, cash on hand falling from $256,000 to just under $200,000, a decrease of $56,000, and credit card debt rising from $9,000 to $56,000, an…


