As submitted for this Sunday’s meeting: Adam Haman: I am noticing the attached at the request of Mr. Chadderdon. He will speak to the motion at the meeting. Motion to amend policy manual to remove the “public list” for discussions and debate, encourage substantive business requiring debate to be done in meetings. In Section 1.02 – Meetings, – Strike subsection…
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The Libertarian Transparency Caucus VEHEMENTLY objects to Amendment 1.02 Clause 10. The LNC is obligated in all moral and ethical sense to be transparent to the membership in its activities and meetings to the maximum extent possible, not to mention fiduciary duty. Requiring a majority vote of the LNC to livestream or webcast LNC meetings is tantamount to censoring the…
The LNC will meet this Sunday at 5PM EST. Meeting length is estimated as three hours. LNC Member Jonathan McGee has announced three items of business: In my capacity as a member of the LNC, I am noticing the following three business items for the October 6th LNC Meeting: 1) Notice to hear the Investigatory Committee Report with recommendations of…
Readers will recall that LNC Chair Angela McArdle attacked LNC Treasurer Bill Redpath for not doing his job as Treasurer. Redpath indicated that so soon as petitioning had finished for the cycle he would indeed be reporting. He has now advised the LNC that they will receive a report from him soon. There is an amended FEC report forhtcoming. There…
The Kennedy Victory Fund raised $947,182 in large donations. The LNC received $92,300 from the Kennedy Victory Fund for administrative expenses, $11,804 from the Mapstead and Ter Maat campaigns corresponding we believe to parts of the hotel bill, and $14,091 in other itemized donations. There were also $56,994.21 in unitemized donations. These total to $175,192. For the month, the normal…
In an email to at least some Libertarians, LP Vice Presidential candidate Mike Ter Maat has revealed that he is being threatened by the FEC with Federal legal action, because he did not file the legally-mandated personal financial disclosure. For readers less familiar with Federal Elections forms, there are three that are likely to be be relevant. There is the…
Tony D’Orazio has filed his appeal with the LNC Judicial Committee. It generated well over the required number of signatures in under one day. The full appeal is available as a PDF file from Third Party Watch. The appeal is related to the Joint Fundraising Committee linking the LNC and the Kennedy Presidential campaign. The appeal asks: we implore the…
Tony D’Orazio has launched a new appeal to the Judicial Committee against the Joint Fundraising Agreement. The appeal is based on a new issue, namely that the agreement is now being used as part of an explicit endorsement of a major party candidate, Donald Trump, in violation of Party Bylaws, Article 14. You can sign the appeal at https://form.jotform.com/242515938264159 We…
Todd Hagopian writes: If the LNC Chair is not going to allow votes on legitimate motions, removal is really the only option I have never voted for a censure, or a removal, on any board – but, this is a clear dereliction of duty. Allow the vote. Or, it is time for that motion to be brought forward
As revealed on the LNC Public list, and we quote: From: Keith Thompson <keith.t…@lp.org> Sent: Friday, September 6, 2024 1:29:09 AM (UTC+00:00) Monrovia, Reykjavik To: LNC Business <lnc-bu…@lp.org> Subject: JFC now a passthrough for the Trump campaign Good evening, The Kennedy campaign sent a fundraising email this evening asking people to donate to the JFC in order to support President…