On July 5, the Federal Election Commission announced that Gary Johnson is about to receive a second check for primary season matching funds. The second check is for $130,059. The first one had been for $100,000. See this story.
On July 5, the Federal Election Commission announced that Gary Johnson is about to receive a second check for primary season matching funds. The second check is for $130,059. The first one had been for $100,000. See this story.
Hmmm. What sayeth the LP Platform about the FEC ???
@1 GJ isn’t actually a real Libertarian, he and Gray are Republicans who switched to the Libertarian Party.
They’re relatively new to 3rd party politics, so this will be a set back for the LP in 2012 because we’ll see a lot of conflict, dictatorial and three-party psychology campaign rhetoric.
They’ll be elected to the 9th USA Parliament, but they are not in communication with the team so they probably won’t be trying to coordinate much with about 99% of the voters.
The Libertarian Party is a patriarchal oriented group, whose national BoDs censored the other seventeen POTUS candidates including the lone female candidate Hon Prime Minister Miss Joy Waymire [Decline to State] who has severed all connections with the national Libertarian Party apparatus.
She did this because of the way the national LP blocked out as much information and removed any fairness from the playing field as soon as all 17 Libertarian Party POTUS candidates were announced.
Ballot Access News’ own MP Richard Winger [Libertarian] was an active part of that process, along with the California LP state chair and Nor Cal chair.
Apparently, the power-grab by GJ was more loved by their national and state officers than the protection of free speech or the promotion of free speech access by the other 15 or 16 POTUS candidates, of whom I was one.
GJ is known as “Mr. Veto”, and since veto power is a yes/no plurality decision-making method we’ll see a continuation of the plurality psychology.
The alternative to vetos is multiple alternatives, the more the better, and through ranked choice voting a 100% consensus, or at least a much higher satisfaction level than yes/no type decisions, can be attained.
Ir you’re looking for a large army to help save GA, the 9th USA Parliament hopes to serve that role.
We’re in almost daily communication with most of our 29 POTUS candidates, and we’re still trying to build the team. But we’re still too small, we’re going too slow and we’re being decimated.
http://www.usparliament.org/signup.php
I would rather taxpayer money help fund Presidential Campaigns of Third Party/Independent candidates (attempting to break the 2-Party system), than spent in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, or some useless pork project. The political machines of the two parties have the system rigged, the FEC Matching funds helps level the playing field.
The current FEC listing shows the campaign (as of the end of June) having under $1000 on hand and owing $1220000. I assume the committee can repay after the election? So the new matching funds check gives the campaign around $131000. I realize the LNC and the LNCC can raise additional funds, and wasn’t thre some talk of a Libertarian super PAC? Still, it’s not a lot of money entering the final four months of the election?
@4 wrote “the FEC Matching funds helps level the playing field.”
That does sound fair, equal and realistic of you, Hon Kyle Kneale. Somewhat moderate and slightly conservative too. 🙂
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Below here are the 29 presidential and vice presidential candidates that we as candidates have elected and we’re still trying to expand.
http://usparliament.org/pdc.php
Tics to elect the PDC (ONLY Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates May Vote):
Vote Totals for electing the 29 members up to 6/24/2012
5,2,2,3,4,5,2,2,4,2,2,3 James Ogle [Free Parliamentary] (12 tics, sum of 36)
1,3,5,2,2,1,5,3,3,10,3,4 Roseanne Barr [Green Tea] (12 tics, sum of 42)
2,7,9,4,4,3,1,6,9 Miss Joy Waymire [Libertarian] (9 tics, sum of 45)
4,8,3,1,16,8,5,17,13 Tina Cook [Independent] (9 tics, sum of 75)
3,6,8,5,17,11,6,5 Jim Burns [Libertarian] “STANDS DOWN” (8 tics, sum of 61)
7,2,7,9,3,4,10,16,8 Mosheh Thezion [All] (9 tics, sum of 66)
1,6,6,8,6,10,8,11,14 Danny (Dan) Woodring [Independent] (9 tics, sum of 70)
1,9,9,8,7,14,15,12 Mike Levinson [Republican / Independent] (8 tics, sum of 75)
1,7,11,6,2,18,5 Rhett Smith [Green] (7 tics, sum of 50)
1,9,5,12,14,9,10 JL Mealer [Constitution] (7 tics, sum of 60)
1,12,13,14,12,8,6 Max Abramson [Libertarian] (7 tics, sum of 66)
2,10,16,16,9,3,16 R. Lee Wrights [Libertarian] (7 tics, sum of 72)
3,9,17,17,17,4,11 Gary Johnson [Libertarian] (7 tics, sum of 78)
1,13,12,13,11,13 Diane Beall Templin [American Independent] (6 tics, sum of 63)
10,6,1,7,7,15 Ralph Allen Beach [Libertarian] (6 tics, sum of 48)
1,3,4,7,15 David Jon Sponheim “STANDS DOWN” [America’s Third] (5 tics, sum of 30)
2,11,15,7,13 Sam Sloan “STANDS DOWN” [ibertarian] (5 tics, sum of 48)
1,8,14,15,16 Thomas Robert Stevens “STANDS DOWN” [Objectivist] (5 tics, sum of 54)
1,14,17,2 Tiffany Briscoe [Independent] (4 tics, sum of 34)
1,19,14,7 David L Wetzell [LT Party Movement] (4 tics, sum of 41)
1,20,15,12 David Frey [Independent] (4 tics, sum of 48)
18,19,4 Gina Zenzola [Green] (3 tics, sum of 42)
1,15 Joshua-Paul Angell [Communist] (2 tics, sum of 16)
1, 21 Robby Wells [Patroit Natiot] (2 tics, sum of 22)
1 Sam Sloan [Libertarian] (1 tic)
1 Jim Duensing [Boston Tea] (1 tic)
1 Carl Person [Libertarian] (1 tic)
1 Stewart Alexander [Peace & Freedom] (1 tic)
1 Elizabeth Warren [Republican] (1 tic)
1 Mary Okorn-Jimenez [Free Energy] (1 tic)
1 Fred Donald Dickson Jr. [Unaffiliated] (1 tic)
2 Charles Brannan [Independent] (1 tic)
2 David Parker [Free Energy] (1 tic)
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I believe Judge Gray joined the LP about 1998 and ran for Office then as a Libertarian. Gov. Johnson first joined the LP in 1993 I think.
I think Judge Gray ran as a Libertarian for office in California? I know he has been speaking out on drug policy reform since the mid-90s at least.
Judge Gray was the Libertarian Party nominee for US Senate in California in 2004. He got 216,522 votes.
I don’t know when Gov. Johnson joined the LP however, while he was in office and with the GOP, he did speak at a number of LP meetings and conventions.