LNC finances are a bit complicated these days, so I will be reporting on them in pieces. I’ll start with LNC debts. The LNC is now in debt for almost $390,000. That number includes $296.384 in debts from last month, and $96,132 in new debts from this month. The new debts have several interesting features. There is a debt to…
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The state of financial support by Libertarians of the Oliver Presidential campaign is a disgrace to the good name of our party. Most Libertarians should be ashamed of the state to which our Presidential campaign has been reduced. As of the same date in the campaign, here is the amount of money raised by the Oliver campaign and each of…
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…
The LNC ExComm will meet this Sunday to consider a motion from Angela McArdle. She wants up to $25,000 to be encumbered to defend the LNC against lawsuits. Several questions arise: Do they actually have the money (we will find out tomorrow when the FEC filing drops)? What lawsuits? Is there an emergency? McArdle wrote: Hello everyone, I am calling…
We have a small number of writers who are sending so many comments that other posters are being drowned out. We are not going to allow this.
In a recent post on X.com, the author of @LPNH, allegedly Jeremy Kaufman, said that Americans would view as a hero the person who assassinated Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris. LPNH also claimed that this statement is protected by the First Amendment. The hero statement appears to be well outside the penumbra of First Amendment protections. The LPNH posts on…
Recently, there has been interest in electing a better Libertarian National Committee in 2026. However, interest does not translate to plan. Here I offer a few general suggestions on what sort of arrangement might yield the desired result. First, the current group got in successfully because it had an extremely large and well-organized caucus behind it. Indeed, as I…
We are presented with rumors that the LNC secret leadership group is contemplating limiting the LNC public list to actual votes and meeting announcements, with all discussion behind closed doors. Readers may choose to disbelieve this. We have been here before, several times with past LNCs. Third Party Watch will be delighted to receive and report, entirely anonymously, whatever is…
LP-Colorado has endorsed a Republican candidate for office. LP-Colorado Member Sean Vadey has filed an appeal of the action with the LP-Colorado Judicial Committee. It may be seen as a PDF here.
Just under 419,000 registered voters enrolled as Republicans, out of more than five million registered voters, for 8.29% of the electorate. There is a local variation, from 10.68% in Plymouth County (Cape Cod) down to 4.33 % inSuffolk County (Boston) Massachusetts has a September primary for all candidates other than President. The Republicans had three candidates in the Primary for…