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The '''2022 Libertarian National Convention''' was a biennial [[Libertarian Party#National Conventions|Libertarian Party]] National Convention. It was held in Sparks, Nevada (near Reno), from May 26, 2022, through May 29, 2022.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/LNCdelegates/permalink/2466105117045637/</ref>

The official web site for this convention can be found at [https://lnc2022.com/ https://lnc2022.com/]

==Summary of Business==

The business session got underway at approximately 9:22am on Friday 27 May, with National Chair [[Whitney Bilyeu]] presiding.

Business resumed Saturday at about 9:05am, with [[Ken Moellman]] chairing as [[Whitney Bilyeu]] was indisposed.

Updated credential counts of 1129 total delegates and alternates registered, with 1005 eligible votes, were announced at about 9:30am.

After lunch, [[Tim Hagan]] and [[Todd Hagopian]] were nominated for Treasurer. Hagopian was elected with 731 votes (76.07%).

A second round of voting for Vice-Chair was conducted. The rules were suspended to limit nomination speeches for LNC At Large and Judicial Committee to two minutes. The rules were suspended to limit  any subsequent VC rounds to the top two plus NOTA.

*{{MediaNewTab|Report 2022-05 Platform-Committee.pdf|Platform Committee Report}}

*{{MediaNewTab|Report 2022-05 Bylaws Committee.pdf|Final Report of Bylaws and Rules Committee}}

==Recordings==

* Treasurer: [[Todd Hagopian]]

* LNC At-Large: [[Dustin Blankenship]], [[Richard Bowen]], [[Bryan Elliot]], [[Steven Nekhaila]], [[Michael Rufo]]

===Chair===

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*[[Platform Committee 2022|Platform Committee]]

** Chair: [[Caryn Ann Harlos]]

*[[Bylaws Committee 2022|Bylaws Committee]]

** Chair: [[Steve Scheetz]]

*[[Credentials Committee 2022|Credentials Committee]]

** Chair: [[Susan Hogarth]]

==Awards==

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===Delegate Allocation Source Documents===

*[[Media:2020presgeresults.pdf|Presidential Vote Totals Used for Delegate Allocations]]

*[[Media:2020 Census Information.pdf|2020 Census Information]]

*[[Media:LNC2022 attended delegates and alternates - Addresses Omitted - Final Report.xlsx|Official Delegate List]]

==LNC Candidates==

===National Chair===

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On March 31, 2022, less than two  months prior to the convention, [[LNC Region 4 2020-2022|LNC Region 4]] Representative [[TJ Ferreira]] issued an email which seemed to many to indicate that a decision had been made by the [[Convention Oversight Committee 2020-2022]] to implement electronic voting using his own [[Porcupine Voting]] software and seemed to argue that nothing in the Party governing documents prevented absentee voting.  [[Caryn Ann Harlos]] immediately issued a series of critical personal opinion videos on his assertions and apparent proposal<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfzpd9kCLSk Here it is! The LNC and CoC attempting to hijack the convention, I told you it was coming!], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnXTccykikk The Convention Con-Job Part 2 - Richard Longstreth Shills and Misses the Point or does he?], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlACmRPwt8g The Convention Con-Job Part 3 - Erin Adams tells a fib about me], and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhajc8X9JIk The Convention Con-Job Part 4 - The Great Walk Back!]</ref>.  Later, [[TJ Ferreira]] appeared to walk back many of the perceived assertions in the original email that this was a certain plan but framed the idea as the beginning of a discussion.  The complete email chain [https://groups.google.com/a/lp.org/g/lnc-business/c/SD8IjaAS-N8 can be viewed here].

A source which wishes to remain anonymous has reported that after the public outcry the item (using the Porcupine software) died in Committee for several reasons.  Using it for speaker lists was not desired by National Party Chair [[Whitney Bilyeu]] and the motion by [[Alex Flores]] to use it for credentialing and voting died for lack of second.

On April 10, 2022, a website published an article containing allegations regarding convention speaker [[Tom Woods]] and age differences and the time frame concerning his relationship with his now ex-wife.<ref>[https://fakertarians.wordpress.com/2022/04/10/your-facebook-friends-are-wrong-about-tom-woods/ Your Friends are Wrong About Tom Woods]</ref> The article had originally appeared on [[Being Libertarian]], where it was removed by Eric July.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ericdjuly/status/1512913455912787978 Eric July's Twitter post regarding the pulled article NSFW]</ref>    This issue has been hotly contested amongst Party members with people coming to different conclusions.  All sides have proponents firmly convinced they are correct.   

Following publication, a number of Libertarian National Committee members and Libertarian Party members denounced Woods, and a petition on Change.org began circulating to remove him as the breakfast speaker at the convention, with over 100 signatures in half an hour.<ref>[https://www.change.org/p/remove-tom-woods-from-lp-natcon-speakers-event-list Change.org petition about Tom Woods]</ref> There is presently an LNC email ballot to remove him as a speaker.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/a/lp.org/g/lnc-business/c/86P9AfCfgNM/m/21tjALCWAAAJ Email Balllot 20220423-01]</ref>  Other Party members have just as zealously denounced this as a political hit job.  [[Tom Woods]] has publicly repudiated the allegations.<ref>[https://tomwoods.com/woods-derangement-syndrome/ Woods Derangement Syndrome]</ref>