Added candidate names And slightly different dates for people trying to control the Green, Constitution, Reform, and other political parties. Readers will be aware that the Libertarian Party has at least three candidates for National Chair. The candidates are:Angela McArdle Mark Rutherford Pietro Salvatore Geraci Each of them is making at least modest efforts to campaign and organize in favor…
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I ran this article a while back. It appears worthwhile to reconsider it. The following is slightly edited. The realignment theory of American politics is badly overworked. Nonetheless, there have been occasions on which American politics did re-align, and there are indications that another realignment is advancing. What were the arguable realignments? In some order, the first was the collapse…
The Libertarian National Committee has voted to remove Robert Kraus, 2019 Meeting Planner of the Year of the Association of Meetings Professionals, from the LNC’s Convention Oversight Committee. The Committee is in charge of running the Libertarian Party 2024 National Convention. No debate was permitted on the motion. And now our meeting livestream; The meeting is coming to order. Computer…
Feel free to share: Fr: Robert Kraus To: lnc-board@lp.org Please note I fully expect to be removed from the COC but wanted to express my thanks for placing me on this committee & that it was an honor to serve. Several LNC Members have reached out to me to ask me to express the following to all of you: a)…
The group associated with the LNC has filed a response to what the group not associated with the LNC has said. You can read it here: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67845274/31/libertarian-natl-comm-inc-v-michael-saliba/ The author has not read it. My reliable source who has read it opines that it does a strong job of making the LNC’s case.
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LNC loses two-thirds of a million dollars. Message sent to the public LNC-Business list disappears. We are in receipt of an email from Regional Representative Mark Tuniewicz. We have confirmed from Mr. Tuniewicz that the email is authentic. The email was transmitted to the public LNC–Business list, but contrary to normal processes has not appeared there. Mr. Tuniewicz advises us…
Friends of Third Party Watch have under discussion launching a weekly eZine “Libertarian Party News”. One motive is the dearth of main stream media references to the Libertarian Party. The LP is the largest orthodox third party, but it appears to have dropped completely off the main-stream radar screen. The possibility of covering other parties this way was noted, but…
Highlights: Non-convention annual revenue is down by ~$500K from 2019 ($1M in 2023 vs. $1.5M in 2019), which is the most recent year in the cycle. All LNC members combined gave just under $1,500 to the Libertarian Party in November. To put that into perspective, Angela McArdle, who is both Chair and named herself Executive Director, gives $5 per month…
A Report from Kevin Gaughen It has been 20 months since the Mises PAC took full control of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania at the 2022 convention. At the time, the LPPA was one of the most successful state affiliates of the National LP. Let’s see how the LPPA is currently doing… To keep things objective and quantifiable, I will…