At the December 2000 National Committee meeting, National Treasurer Mark Tuniewicz secured amendments to the Party’s Policy Manual, changing the specified duties of the National Treasurer. Tuniewicz had been unhappy with National Chair Bergland’s treatment of issues relating to Tuniewicz’s office. In particular, Bergland had forbidden Tuniewicz to communicate directly with the Party’s Auditors or with consultants on FEC Filings.…
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There was a Duke of York. He had ten thousand men. He marched them up he hill. He marched them down again. (in Portugal in Napoleon’s time, as it happens). The LNC is now following the Duke’s fine example. There was a motion that the LNC should join in the New Mexico ballot access lawsuit. It was on its way…
An open letter to the LNC: Esteemed members of the LNC: I call your attention to the recent ExComm motion urging the LNC to ratify the two prior motions to dismiss in the LNC vs Vest suit as recommended by the Executive Committee. I strongly urge that you begin with due diligence. You are in no hurry. The motions in…
On 9/19/2025 there was a meeting of the LNC Executive Committee. They passed a resolution asking the LNC in effect to approve joining and spending $25,000 on the Vest lawsuit, the money having already been spent. Further spending is being handled by the LNC’s D&O insurer, which incidentally apparently means that the insurer is in control of all legal activity.…
There is now an LNC response to the Roos Appeal. There is an amicus from Mr. Jacobs. There is an amicus from the LP of Hawaii Secretary.
Motion is We will recommend to the LNC that they adopt our recommendation to ratify the decision to dismiss the derivative suit. McMahon: This is kind of a formality as it has already been submitted. We should consider what is the best option for the LNC? Is this the best option? The motion has already been filed and is being…
Listening to Arizona I called people in the Phoenix group. They’re the ones with ballot access. I am reporting what is perceived and stated, as I understood it from members of the Phoenix group. Remember “X is not true” is independent of “group A believes that X is not true”. Does the ALP want its affiliation back? So far as…
The dismissal has now been granted. You can read the very short document at https://thirdpartywatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dismissal.pdf This is a request by Jacobs and the LNC to end without a hearing Jonathan Jacobs’ appeal of certain LNC actions at their June meeting, on the grounds that issue no longer exists. Hector Roos has written the Judicial Committee on this topic. He writes:…
Voter registration instead became part of the Kahn for Mayor campaign in Tucson, which by report received $50,000 in state Clean Elections funds, and apparently used the larger part of those funds to register Libertarian voters. The National Party apparently provided manpower for the effort. The Tucson group then launched the first of a series of lawsuits to establish its…
LNC Chair Nekhaila announced that he would offer at the 9/7 LNC meeting a motion to censure Austin Martin, his announcement reading: I move the following: Whereas, LNC Policy Manual §1.07.4(B)(I & II) prohibits LNC members from (I) disparaging the LNC or the Party and (II) engaging in ad hominem or otherwise indecorous attacks against fellow board members in any…