Caryn Ann Harlos has made a public statement about the condition of the LNC’s minutes. We quote from her email sent to all LNC members, as it appeared on the LNC-public_forward list: Re: It is alarming to see that no one apparently knows how to calculate a vote I want to be clear I do not see any conspiracy. What…
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The Treasurer wrote: LNC Financial Statements-February 2026 Attached please find the Libertarian National Committee, Inc. financial statements, as of February 28, 2026. Due to the Joint Fundraising Committee (JFC) impacts on the financial statements on Pages 5, 9 & 10, it is best to focus on the balance sheet data at the bottom of Page 3. The Cash situation remains…
The Libertarian National Committee is considering a resolution dealing with a considerable list of American organizations that are associated with American Judaism and/or are advocating American support for Israel. The resolution claims that as ‘pro-Israel lobbying groups’ they are described by the Foreign Agents Registration Act and should be required to register as agents of a foreign principal. No evidence…
Hi George! I’m posting this everywhere I can. If you would like to put it on third party watch or on independent political report, I’d appreciate it greatly 🙂 I’d like to introduce you all to a new website going live today, LPMerit.org. This is a website designed to be like ballotpedia or maybe a League of Women Voters site,…
On New Hampshire Hello Libertarians. This is the thirteenth of a series of opinion articles I’ll be privileged to write for you once per month on an “inside baseball” topic for the Libertarian Party. I encourage everyone who has an opinion on whatever we’re talking about this month to comment or send phillies@4liberty.net your longer editorials, which may well be…
We have recently received a copy of the LNC Budget for 2026, as passed by the Libertarian National Committee on December 7, 2025. One would ordinarily have expected this budget to have become available quite some time ago, for example, by the start of 2026, so that the staff would have known how much money it was authorized to spend.…
Total income $109,781 Total Outgo $ 68,118 Cash on Hand, February 28: $907,942 The full report includes a statement that there will be an amended report on debt, showing less debt than had been anticipated. Political Action Voter Gravity $3000 Ballot Access Fundraising Exp $1468 Social Media Management $ 701 Outreach and Activism to X.com $8 Telephone & Data Services…
Total income $109,781 Total Outgo $ 68,118 Of which major donations were $44,300 $1500 $1500 $1500 $1498 Interest $1644 There are a lot of convention ticket purchases, but they are hard to sort out. Total Debts remain near = $35958.37
The Libertarian Party of Washington posted the agenda for its annual convention (3/28/26 in Tacoma, WA) with a “Motion to Dissolve the Libertarian Party of Washington at the end of Convention.” Miguel Duque, former Libertarian National Committee member and former LPWA State Executive Committee member, and Anna (Johnson) Duque, former Chair of LPWA, are sponsors of the motion. Estimated support…
Opinion by Nolan Schmidt Within the past couple of terms, members of the Libertarian Party have seen chaos, deception, and corruption within its national leadership, and as the Libertarian National Convention in Grand Rapids, Michigan comes nearer and nearer by the day, it is time for members who are sick of the chaotic and childish behavior of certain members in…