We are in receipt of some of the filings in the New Mexico litigation of the LNC against the LPNM. There is a second statement from the LNC. There are two exhibits, Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2. There is the statement by the LNC that all filings have been made.
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We are led to understand that, as of the end of May, the LNC’s litigators in the New Mexico Trademark case have billed the LNC for almost the full amount of their retainer. There are rumors that several people have counted noses and concluded that the LNC is two or three votes short of being able to disaffiliate the Free…
This article specifically treats the second LPNM settlement offer, which the LNC ExComm rejected. A subsequent article treats certain closely related issues that may well be of interest to our readers. We are aware of a message from LNC member Keith Thompson, issued earlier today, June 12, and sent to various LNC members and the LNC-Public email list. According to…
LPUS Membership Increases for May New Executive Director Steve Dasbach reports that the new LNC Leadership plans to bring out the membership report for each month by the fifth of the next month. This is a major step forward from the past several LNCs, in which membership reports tended to appear toward the end of the next month. The count…
The LNC ExComm will meet again tomorrow, 6/11/2026, 8:30PM Eastern Time. Meeting came to order at 7:01 PM. The Secretary called the roll. All ExComm members were present. Agenda is discussion of the New Mexico trademark suit. A motion to move to executive session for 45 minutes was passed. They have gone into executive session. We remain in executive session.…
Evan McMahon did a superb job of running the LNC meeting. Yes, he did once seem to have missed that the vote had been on the amendment not the motion, but the outcome was not changed. He had the good fortune that some of the less fortunate LNC members were not re-elected. The LNC has at least one excessively exuberant…
Live blog soon. The meeting is drifting toward order. There are 52 people including LNC members present. The meeting is being recorded; the livestream is not cooperating. Meeting comes to order at 7:07. Secretary calls the roll. All 18 members and all 9 alternates were present. Public comment: Chadderdon says we are defending our affiliate in New Mexico and should…
On time. Also, Remarkably early relative to some recent past Treasurers and their reports. Knebel writes: Attached please find the Libertarian National Committee, Inc. financial statements, as of May 31, 2026. Due to the Joint Fundraising Committee (JFC) impacts on the financial statements on Pages 5, 9 & 10, it is best to focus on the balance sheet data at…
A week and a half after the LNC voted to disaffiliate LPNH, the LNC National Chair formally notified the LPNH that they were no longer the Libertarian Party’s affiliate party in New Hampshire. A PDF of the notice appears at this link. The 30 days for the LPNH to file an appeal, should it choose to do so, now begins.…
A message to our fellow Libertarians, from your newly elected Judicial Committee We’d like to again thank the delegates at the 2026 Libertarian National Convention for their trust and votes electing us to the Judicial Committee this year. We had quite a decision to make for filling the other five positions, and we received a lot of solicited and unsolicited…