[Editorial team note: This article is part of a series of articles examining various Libertarian Party presidential candidates running in the 2024 election. Articles will be published roughly in the order Independent Political Report learns about them.]…
Posts published in April 2023
Bryan Elliot, an at-large representatives on the Libertarian National Committee and member of its Executive Committee, announced his resignation over the weekend, citing personal reasons related to his medical health.…
The Libertarian National Collaboration, an independent organization seeking to compete against the Libertarian National Committee, announced plans to suspend all current operations for the foreseeable future indefinitely.…
We quote from the Press Release:
To advertise the 2023 convention, the Reform Party will take out traditional media ads within a six-hour drive of Baton Rouge starting in May, release a May newsletter, and hold a series of online rehearsals that will be open to the public.
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The LNC and its Executive Director adopted a new reporting format, graph-free. However, looking at “sustaining” members:
Total “sustaining” members
January: 16,237
February: 15,710
March: 15,168
Down: 1069 in two months
New “sustaining” members — These numbers are actually respectably good
January: 339
February: 240
March: 215
Renewed
January: 774
February: 567
March: 422
Lapsed/Dropped/Dead — These numbers are unusually high
January: 1,207
February: 1,334
March: 1,179
The new reporting format does not show monthly totals more than three months back.…
The LNC Executive Committee met:
- Came to order at 4:05 PM EST. All LNC Executive Committee members were present.
- The Executive Committee moved to go into Executive Session to discuss commencing legal action in Michigan.
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Reform Party National Chair William Hensley has issued the call for a Reform party National Convention, to be held at the Capital Center Hilton in Baton Rouge on Saturday, July 15th 2023. …
The Forward Party will not run a presidential candidate in 2024. While that does not preclude the party, its leaders, or our many dedicated volunteers from being involved in that race, our plans as an organization are focused on the longer project of strengthening our democracy through competition.
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In Florida, the Forward Party has attained political party status. Floridians can now register as members of the Forward Party. Readers curious about the Florida Forward Party can now read about it on the new party website located here.…