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 ==History of Membership Counts==
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+Sections of this graph where counts were available as part of a periodic series that appear to be comparable over time are shown as a curved line. A blue line represents central committee membership. For periods when counts of a larger number of contributors who did not all qualify as voting members were also available, a second line is shown in green.<ref>A spreadsheet containing the values corresponding to this graph can be found at: [[Media:CA_state-membership-data_2023-03-11.ods]]</ref>
-Sections of this graph where counts were available as part of a periodic series that appear to be comparable over time are shown as a curved line. A blue line represents central committee membership. For periods when counts of a larger number of contributors who did not all qualify as voting members were also available, a second line is shown in green.
 * Counts from late 1990 through late 1992 were reported contemporaneously in the newsletter [[California Libertarian News]].
 * Counts from 1997 through 2003 are from tables posted contemporaneously on the LPC web site.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20030814152125/http://www.ca.lp.org:80/lpc-hist-ccm.html</ref> The jump from about 2300 to about 4500 at the beginning of this period represents the effect of joining [[Unified Membership Plan|UMP]].
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-Note: The exact way that the national party determines who is a dues-paying member for various purpose has varied over the years, and currently there are at least two counts regularly published. This graph is based on the traditional count of individuals who have signmed the membership certification and are "current" on their dues (including life members). A different rule, used for purposes like allocation of national delegates, usually gives a slightly lower number, but the two measures roughly track over time.
+Note: The exact way that the national party determines who is a dues-paying member for various purpose has varied over the years, and for a while there were at least two counts regularly published. This graph is mostly based on the traditional count of individuals who signed the membership certification and were "current" on their dues (including life members). A different rule, usually referred to by the term "sustaining" members (sometimes abbreviated "BSM", for "[what the] Bylaws [define as] Sustaining Member"), based on dues received during the past 12 months (but still including life members), has been used in recent years for purposes like allocation of national delegates. As illustrated by the period 2017-2023, where this graph shows both counts, although these counts differed somewhat they tracked pretty closely over time. In early 2023 the national office stopped reporting the traditional number, so only the latter number is shown.
 ===References===
 [[Category: California State Party Membership]]
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