Courtesy of sources in Wisconsin, we have acquired the documents submitted to the Libertarian Party Judicial Committee is support of the Wisconsin Party complaint against the LNC action accepting the Region 1 formation with Wisconsin as a member. The lead document is the Wisconsin petition. The following document is the LNC response. The Region 1 Regional Representatives filed a response…
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The meeting will start soon. Meeting came to order at 8PM Eastern. Start with members introducing themselves and saying what the Judicial Committee should do. They appear to agree that their job is to hear appeals to rule if the bylaws are being violated. The issue is a dispute over LPWI. The LPWI Chair signed a regional formation agreement. The…
There will be another Judicial Committee hearing, related to the formation of LP Region1, this Monday August 5 at 8PM. We will attempt to liveblog. THE LPWI APPEAL Topic: Judicial Committee Hearing Re: LPWI and Region 1 Time: Aug 5, 2024 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Agenda:Opening remarks by Judicial Committee (5 minutes)Petitioner Arguments, interruptible for questions by…
Colorado Libertarians have issued a new newsletter, The Clipboard, available here as a downloadable file. Bimonthly publication is planned. Contributors include BetteRose Ryan, Michelle Poague, Daniel Lutz, and ‘Staff Reporter’. The Publisher and point of contact is BentBriarBooks@gmail.com. They report six Libertarians in elective office. Coverage of the dispute over the Presidential ballot line indicates that Oliver-Ter Maat will be…
From Cara Schulz: The following photographs are from the 2021 Regional Training. A full weekend of classes for candidates, campaign teams, and local leaders held in all 8 LP Regions. 5 different trainers. Free to attendees, and they earned a certificate and were listed on LP website so people could see who had the solid basics down. So you knew…
The Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll of so-called swing states show Chase Oliver in 4th place at 3%, behind Kennedy at 5% but ahead of Stein at 1%. Full statistics (link hat tip to RealClearPolitics.com) https://pro-assets.morningconsult.com/wp-uploads/2024/07/Bloomberg-Swing-State-Wave-10.pdf BLMB12 If the November 2024 election for U.S. president were held today, and Democrat Kamala Harris, Republican Donald Trump, Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Green Party…
The topic is the RFK Joint Fundraising Agreement. The electronics were annoying, but I did get in. Reporting what was said was a bit challenging, since all sides were well-prepped with discussion and spoke quickly. The presenters supporting the appeal are Caryn Ann Harlos, Todd Hapopian and if needed Richard Brown. The presenter opposing the appeal is Angela McArdle. Harlos…
[Editor: As with all articles, we are open to requested corrections.] We advance to the Executive Committee meeting. Conversation was extremely vigorous between Harlos and McArdle. Chair moves to go into Executive Session. Harlos objects. Vote: No Ford Yes. Redpath No. Rutherford No. Yeniscavich Yes. Mcardle Yes. Tied 3-3- so no executive session. There was then extremely vigorous discussion, not…
The meeting starts at 8PM, give or take. Meeting is in the process of starting. Only person absent is Mr. Watkins, whose absence for good reason was known in advance. Meeting came to order at 8:05. There was a typed comment from Justin O’Donnell: “According to Anthony at Team Kennedy, Ellie Cox, the treasurer of the JFC, and Vermilion and…
Note that someplace I had the date wrong. It is Monday August 5, not Tuesday August 6. Topic: Judicial Committee Hearing Re: LPWI and Region 1Time: Aug 5, 2024 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Agenda: · Opening remarks by Judicial Committee (5 minutes) · Petitioner Arguments, interruptible for questions by Judicial Committee (20 minutes) · Respondent Arguments, interruptible…