The final outcome. Malagon wins 11-5. Voting for Adrian Malagon: Benner, Blankenship, Dassing, Ford, Haman, Harlos, Malagon, McArdle, Rufo, Watkins, Yeniscavich (11) Voting for Bill Redpath: Hagopian, Nanna, Nekhaila, Pantke, Tuniewicz (5) Mark Tuniewicz nominated Bill Redpath to fill the vacant LNC At-Large position Selected messages from the LNC discussion of candidates for the LNC At-Large position. Mark Tuniewicz I’ll nominate Mr. Bill…
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In a recent statement to the LNC, LNC Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos has endorsed Adrian Malagon for new At-Large member. Her rationale was that the convention delegates in 2022 did not want a factionally diverse board, they wanted a board that supported their positions, and Adrian Malagon is the candidate who represents that policy choice. She Wrote I was going…
The Mises PAC is a Hybrid PAC with separate Federal and non-Federal contributions. We here report on their finances for the first half of 2023. Their total receipts were $166,068.13.
Aug 18, 2023, 10:43:01 PM (2 hours ago) to lnc-business Members of the LNC, Tonight (8/18/23) the state chairs and proxies for Region 1 held an electronic vote of no confidence in Miguel Duque as Region 1 Representative. Per our agreement with Mr. Duque he will be stepping down voluntarily effective immediately. 5 of 7 states voted in favor of the motion.…
The McArdle Memo — III — Fundraising, The Takeover, Third Party Watch has received a set of documents whose description matches the documents that Miguel Duque allegedly sent to the LNC. One of these was a memo from Angela McArdle to the LNC, whose retransmissal to the LNC apparently upset LNC members. We are now reprinting this memo in sections.…
Our source has supplied us with the memorandum that we infer led to LNC criticisms of Miguel Duque, including the committee appointed to prepare recommendations in his case. It’s rather long, so we will circulate it in sections over the next several days. You are reading a memorandum from Angela McArdle to the LNC, transmitted sometime in May 2023. We…
The attached file is a summary and analysis of the extensive files leaked from the LNC to Fakertarians. We received the files indirectly from a party we shall not name. This comprehensive account by Miguel Duque and Anna Johnson Duque is fully true as we know it. For background, we were among the first Mises Caucus organizers to take over…
We tip our hat to the Fakertarians group on Facebook, which has obtained the documents described by the LNC as a breach of confidentiality by Miguel Duque. As the documents were sent by him (in the form of a 17Mb zip file) only to the LNC, we decline to explain how confidentiality could have been violated. We also received a…
A petition has been launched, calling for the removal of Angela McArdle as National Chair. You can read it and decide whether or not to sign it at https://www.change.org/p/libertarian-party-chair-resolution Why this petition matters Started by Joseph Howe We, the undersigned members of the party, former members and concerned stakeholders, submit this petition calling for the immediate removal of Angela McArdle, board…
The LNC ExComm met this evening. Everyone other than Mr. Hyman was present. There were an extremely large number of other attendees, close to two dozen. Mr. Nekhaila moved to take the Executive Committee into executive session, with the LNC’s attorney invited to attend as a participant. Furthermore, all LNC members were invited to attend, except Regional Representative Miguel Duque…