Chapter Fourteen Browne’s Campaign Went Broke, It Claimed April 2000 On April 24, 2000, the Browne Campaign made a surprise announcement: It was out of cash, with $83,343 in bills it could not pay. If Party members did not open their checkbooks, the campaign would have to shut its doors. Either the Browne campaign got a serious cash infusion immediately,…
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Your attention is drawn to Liberal Patriot’s description (https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/a-fascinating-new-look-at-americas) of Echelon Insights—a Republican-leaning polling and data firm—latest results from their Political Tribes project. You can read more details at https://echeloninsights.com/tribes/ In short, Echelon insights used a three-axis study to determine typologies, the axes being economic, social, and ‘trust in institutions’, of actual voters. Readers considering where a new third party…
We are in receipt of a letter from Larry Gillis of Florida announcing that he is running for one of the vacant At-Large Seats on the Libertarian national Committee. He writes: Dear Steve [Nekhaila]: Depending entirely on the actual needs of the Party, I would appreciate being considered to fill one of the two current vacancies on the LNC. I…
Hornberger also sent a letter to the FEC. The letter included the key phrase that the letter was not a complaint. As released to the public, it was also not notarized. The FEC has extremely specific rules about what it may act on as a complaint (You can find them for yourself at www.fec.gov.). Under FEC regulations, Hornberger’s letter was…
Third Party Watch has learned from an unimpeachable source that Austin Martin, Hector Roos, and others have prepared three appeals to the LNC Judicial Committee. The first was sent to the Judicial Committee on [Ed.: July] 21. The other two are to be submitted. [Ed. The second has apparently also been submitted.] Appeal One discusses LNC actions held to be…
As written in the early 2000s. To the author, the FEC responses appear to be pro forma assurances to the public that if a person broke Federal Election Campaign Laws, that person would potentially be subject to legal action. From the broad wording used by their spokesman, it is not clear that there was a specific intent by the FEC…
Loren Dean was elected as Chair, defeating Pat Wright 47-44. Loren Dean nominated Pat Wright for Vice Chair. The vote was Pat Wright 75; Ben Weir: 5; NOTA: 4. Pat Wright was elected. Rebecca Lau and Chris Ganiere were nominated for Secretary. Rebecca Lau was elected Secretary by a vote of 50-35. Chris Minoletti and Trendalyn Hallesy were nominated for…
Chapter Thirteen Refusing to File March 2000 In March, campaign income plummeted from February’s $118,500 to less than $75,000. Despite a further loan from the candidate, the Browne campaign was very nearly broke. Only $6302 was on hand at the month’s end. The Browne Campaign responded with a new fundraising gimmick, a prospective lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission. I…
My attention was drawn by a political cartoon seen on Facebook, on a usually calm page from a usually calmer poster. The direction is inadvisable, but may be where we are going. I do not havea link to the original artist, whose name I cannot read. This parties wishing to avoid this direction might usefully speak up more vigorously in…
February 2000 Spending followed much the same lines as January. Spending on the campaign’s associates rose to $32,083, but spending on their firms fell to $5176. Other major expense lines came to $46,484, with total spending of $115,895. February saw the addition of another associate, Robert Brunner, with expenses for travel, supply, and salary. Spending for people associated with the…