The vote was 12-0 with three members not bothering to vote. The non-voters were Redpath, Nanna, and Darr. Motion: To strike out the current Section 1.01 4) text and insert the following: 4) Removal from Office A Party Officer or At-Large Member may be disciplined as per the Bylaws Article 6.7 and 7.5, for cause, by the trial procedure outlined…
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Yet another Mises Caucus inner core member has supplied us with more information about the internal organization of the Mises Caucus. This information follows our prior post revealing their organization. We quote: Other Teams Examples of Candidate Support Teams Candidate Interviews – Conducts interviews with candidates who have filled out our PAC support application and makes determinations on which candidates…
We report the creation of a new pro-Liberty and Libertarian newspaper, Freedom Voter News. The first issue, for January 2024, is attached. Freedom Voter News plans to report positive news of pro-freedom parties, notably classical-liberal, libertarian, and conservative third parties. Election and referendum victories will be covered. Achievements of candidates will be covered. Internal party conflicts, entirely negative news, news…
The Free State Project by Jason Sorens Note from the author (7/2/04): This article was the first exploration of the idea of a “free state strategy.” Needless to say, the present-day Free State Project differs from the proposals of this article in some respects. In particular, the article overemphasizes the possibility of secession. Nevertheless, I think it’s still of historical…
Continuing Jason Sorens’ article: I would like to propose a solution based both on my dissertation research and suggestions from commentators whom I respect: secession (or at least the threat of it). Walter Williams recently wrote in WorldNetDaily: Americans who wish to live free have two options: We can resist, fight and risk bloodshed to force America’s tyrants to respect…
The Free State Project started off with a reasonably clear sketch of a plan: A state with a Libertarian majority was to be created. That plan has been sabotaged by outside influencers. We start at the beginning, with a somewhat radical proposal by Jason Sorens. The proposal was soon to be moderately tuned down: Announcement: The Free State Project by…
Caryn Ann Harlos had filed a derivative suit on behalf of the LNC, seeking the removal of Angela McArdle as National Chair. The LNC as defendant filed a motion to dismiss the suit. Harlos has now filed against the motion to dismiss. You can read her responder at the link.
She needs signatures on Jotform: https://form.jotform.com/243646962121154. One appeal deals with the process for removing an officer from office. The other appeal deals with the LNC decision to conduct in secret all actions other than final votes. The appeals read: I join in the appeals of the below items which I consent to have the following appeals prepared by Brittany Kosin, Mimi…
LP Executive Direct Hannah Kennedy reports through the LNC Public List that data cleanup is still under way. She urges reading the financial reports for a more accurate impression of how LP National Membership is doing. Good news!: When cleanup is done, we will have accurate membership numbers starting from when we began using CiviCRM. However, we do have indicative…
The concluding part of this document proposes actions that could have been taken in and for 2024. Further documents will follow. WHERE DO WE GO AFTER THAT? The structure of the LNC is fundamentally broken. No matter who is in charge, the same dysfunction and time-consuming parliamentary procedure plagues the party. Merely electing “better” people is pointless. Several reasons: Too…