The case for ending the LP.
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The Libertarian Party has been on the ballot for over fifty years. In that
time, it has elected zero people to federal office. Its 2024 presidential
nominee won 0.42% of the vote. Its membership has fallen since the 2022
Mises Caucus takeover. Its state affiliates are dissolving themselves
(Virginia 2022, Washington voting in 2026).
A political party exists to win elections. A party that cannot win, and
that no longer pretends it is trying to win, is not a party. It is a
mailing list with delegates.
We are running for the Libertarian National Committee on a single
commitment: end it. Dissolve the national organization. If delegates
are not yet ready for that, then at minimum: stop running candidates.
Preserve ballot access, host events, publish the platform — but no more
spoiling federal races for nominees who agree with us on 80% of policy
just to register a protest vote.
Two outcomes, one slate
- Ceiling. A 24-month wind-down. Transfer assets to aligned 501(c)(3)
and (c)(4) organizations. Release ballot access where holding it serves
no one. Dissolve the LNC.
- Floor. Indefinite suspension of candidate recruitment, fundraising
for candidates, and presidential nominations. The party becomes a
forum for ideas, full stop.
We will support whichever the body of delegates is willing to vote for.
Neither is the status quo.
Why now
The 2026 convention is the first since the post-Mises decline became
undeniable in the leaked internal numbers. The Chair seat is open.
Several state parties are taking the question to their own membership.
This is the year to put it to a floor vote.
ii.
Endorsements & supportive quotes
People you've heard of, agreeing in their own words. Links go to the original post.
Seconded
— Tim Pool@Timcast
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I endorse Jeremy Kauffman for chair of the Libertarian Party
— Will Chamberlain@willchamberlain
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iii.
The math
The receipts.
The math.
Placeholder figures. Swap insider numbers in when available; cite sources.
- Federal offices held, all-time
- 0
- Years on the ballot
- 55+
- State affiliates that have dissolved or moved to dissolve
- 2
The trend
Since 2022 the national party’s membership, fundraising, and number of
fielded candidates have all moved in the same direction: down.
Placeholder paragraph. Replace with sourced figures from the LNC treasurer
report and the most recent ballot-access summary. If the slate has access
to non-public LNC internal documents, anonymize and cite them here.
The spoiler problem
Placeholder paragraph. Argument: in close federal races, the LP’s
candidate has on average drawn from voters whose second choice was a
libertarian-leaning major-party candidate. Result: the LP has, on net,
elected the candidate ideologically further from the party’s platform.
Cite a couple of specific 2022/2024 races.
Chair
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Chair Will move at the first business session to suspend candidate recruitment and begin a 24-month wind-down of the national party.
Vice chair
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Vice chair Will work to redirect remaining party resources toward state-level disaffiliations on the dissolution path.
More candidates being added before the convention.
If you are a credentialed delegate, you elect the LNC officers and at-large seats by floor vote. Our slate is on the ballot for those positions.
- Show up credentialed. Bring photo ID and your state party paperwork.
- Vote for our slate, by office, when each chair is opened on the floor.
- After officer elections, support the floor motion to dissolve. If it fails, support the motion to suspend candidate recruitment.
- Do not abstain. Abstentions count as no on procedural votes.
Questions? delegates@endthelp.com.
vi.
FAQ
Objections, anticipated.
FAQ.
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”But the LP is the third-largest party in the country.”
Third-largest of how many that matter? Being the largest spoiler is not
an achievement. Ballot access without a path to office is a fundraising
mechanism, not a political project.
”Isn’t this just a Mises Caucus thing?”
No. The Mises Caucus took the LP in 2022 by promising it would grow under
their leadership. It shrank. Our slate is not a competing caucus —
we are a single-purpose group asking delegates to stop pretending the
project is working.
”What about ballot access?”
Placeholder. The dissolution path includes returning ballot access to
states where the cost-to-impact ratio is indefensible. Some lines may be
worth preserving for fusion or successor organizations; that’s a
state-by-state question.
It lives. The platform document and the educational mission of the party
do not require an electoral apparatus. We want the ideas; we don’t want
the 501(c) overhead and the candidate-spoiler liability.
”Are you running candidates for office while saying others shouldn’t?”
We are running for internal LNC positions — committee seats elected
by the convention delegates, not federal office. No one is on a 2026
general-election ballot because of this slate. The whole point is that
nobody should be.
”What if the dissolution motion fails?”
We will move the floor: indefinite suspension of candidate recruitment.
If that fails too, we will have made the argument on the largest stage
the party has, on the record, in front of delegates and press. That is
already worth the seats.
vii.
Donate
We are running for unpaid internal seats. Money goes to convention logistics, signage, and printed delegate materials.
Stripe
TBD — link will be added before convention.
