The Libertarian National Committee declined to consider a motion on Sunday that would have censured its Colorado and New Hampshire state affiliates and invited the New Hampshire party to voluntarily disaffiliate. A vote to block consideration required two-thirds support from the committee; that support was obtained, so the motion was not considered.
The LNC reconvened on June 1 to address business it couldn’t attend to during May’s in-person meeting in Michigan, including the two resolutions in question. During the session, the censure resolutions, originally introduced separately by LNC Treasurer Bill Redpath, were combined into a single motion. A member would subsequently object to the motion’s consideration, and after some discussion, that objection was upheld by LNC Chair Steven Nekhaila.
Redpath first noticed the resolutions to the LNC’s public Business List last month. In the notice, he argued that both affiliates had engaged in online behavior that “reasonable people would consider to have racist meanings,” casting a negative light on the national organization. He also accused the Colorado party of using a “blatantly antisemitic image with an origin in white supremacist circles,” and the New Hampshire affiliate of violating party bylaws by endorsing Donald Trump during the 2024 election cycle.
According to details confirmed by an LNC member, the final vote was five in favor of consideration and ten against, with a single abstention. Those voting in favor included Vice Chair Paul Darr, Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos, Redpath, and Region 3 Representatives Keith Thompson and Dustin Nanna. Chair Nekhaila was the sole abstaining vote, reportedly because he was under the impression that his vote would not affect the outcome.
Editorial note: An earlier version of this article reported the vote as 4—10 with one abstention; this has since been corrected. Slight amendments have been made to the description of the Parliamentary issues.
Neither affiliate has publicly commented on the outcome of the vote. However, last week, the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire announced new self-imposed rules it would observe moving forward. The statement followed discussions between the New Hampshire party’s Communications Team and LNC members regarding the affiliate’s “bold” approach to messaging. The guidelines include avoiding intra-party attacks, presenting disagreements with more nuance, and offering additional context in the use of things like memes.
Caryn Ann: Thank you, I appreciate it!
Readers: For consistency with the article, the committee member that I reference above who originally shared the results has also since updated their comment to reflect the corrected vote count.
The motion, I mean, as it gets confusing, the. motion to hear the censure motion, lost.
Hi Jordan please see Mr. Phillies’ correction https://thirdpartywatch.com/2025/06/01/lnc-refuses-to-consider-lpnh-lpco-censure-motions/
And a pending comment I have on that post which states as follows:
Hi George, Mr. Chadderdon helped me troubleshoot the spreadsheet formulas which were correct but Google autofill was adding a space after some “Y” votes causing them not to populate in the totals. There is no “correcting” the error, as the motion legitimately lost, but the motion can be renewed with presumably the same objection. I will be speaking to the Chair for his guidance on whether he believes he would have not voted (which is his general practice) or might have considered voting.
Without a crystal ball for certainty, however, I think one can safely guess this was a preview on how the actual motion would have went.