There have been Libertarian Party candidates on presidential primary ballots in every election since 1988. In the last election, there were state-run primaries for the LP in six states and privately organized efforts in another six, including New Hampshire, carried out by mail and conventions, and Iowa, where the LPIA held caucuses.…
Posts published in August 2023
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The LNC ExComm met this Meeting. Everyone other than Mr. Heyman was present. There were an extremely large number of other attendees, close to two dozen.…
No Labels, the centrist political movement weighing whether or not it will field a bipartisan presidential ticket in the 2024 election cycle, announced on Monday that it has achieved ballot access in ten states.…
From the LNC-Business list. Notice of LNC ExCom Meeting Monday 8/14 8:30 Eastern
Angela McCardle wrote: I’m calling for an excom meeting Monday evening to discuss potential legal issues and political strategy.
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He calls for secret list emails labeled ‘staff’ and ‘strategy’ to be revealed to the membership.
Miquel Duque, LNC Region 1 Regional Representative, has given notice that at the August 19-20, 2023 LNC meeting in Washington D.C.,…
We find in the Wall Street Journal an extended article (paywalled) proposing that this year a third party may do better than in years past. The article covers as far back as the Wallace campaign a half-century ago.…
United States Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat representing West Virginia, is allegedly considering leaving the Democratic Party, according to multiple news sources. Speaking with a local West Virginia news outlet, Manchin said he’s seriously considering leaving the party and that the question of becoming an independent has been on his mind for “some time.”…
The National Libertarian Party will host a symposium on what it calls a ballot access “crisis” for third parties later this month—the formal seminar plans to convene on August 19 at the Washington Hilton.…
We have received from a highly reliable source a message sent by a Libertarian Party State Chair to the LNC. We know which state chair is identified as sending the message, but to protect confidentiality we will not reveal which chair was involved.…