Independent Political Report has been supplied by a public source with a copy of the Libertarian National Committee complaint against a Michigan Libertarian Party group.
An extended copy of the document has been saved and uploaded to Independent Political Report in PDF form. Readers can find the entire document here.
Our writers may do an extended analysis of the complaint at a later date. Readers are invited to continually check back for further information.
Hi Pat – can you say a little more, with attention to Thomas Knapp’s comments?
Angela is 100% correct.
“It is entirely possible for a state’s Libertarian Party to have no affiliation whatsoever with the LNC and to either affiliate with some other national committee or operate independently of any national committee.” – Tom Knapp
Which is exactly what the Libertarian Party of New Mexico has done which holds major party status in the state.
Some notes:
– McArdle is not the chair of the “National Libertarian Party (NLP).” No such entity exists. She’s the chair of the “Libertarian National Committee (LNC).”
– The complaint seems to confusingly conflate two entity classes which need not be the same organization — the “Libertarian Party of Michigan” / “Michigan Libertarian Party” on one hand, and the Libertarian National Committee’s Michigan affiliate on the other. It is entirely possible for a state’s Libertarian Party to have no affiliation whatsoever with the LNC and to either affiliate with some other national committee or operate independently of any national committee.
– The Libertarian Party of Michigan Executive Committee, Inc.’s amended statement of organization as filed doesn’t assert any relationship to the LNC.